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Issue Description
Migration is not a new phenomenon, but it is one which increasingly hits the headlines. It is highly controversial, with some believing the UK is too open to migrants, resulting in negative consequences for the current population, and others defending migrants as beneficial to our economy. Meanwhile, the population of the UK and the world continues to grow amid fears about sustainability. Is there a solution to the problem?
The information comes from a wide range of sources and includes government reports and statistics, newspaper reports, features, magazine articles and surveys, literature from lobby groups and charitable organisations.
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Key Facts
- Migration is not a recent phenomenon. For centuries, people have moved across borders for economic and political reasons. (page 1)
- Half of all international migrants are women, often leaving their children and families behind, and mostly engaged as domestic labour. (page 2)
- 76% of people in Great Britain surveyed by Harris Interactive felt there were too many immigrants in their country. (page 3)
- 39% of people granted settlement in the UK in 2004 originated in Asia, with 28% from Africa and 19% from Europe. (page 5)
- 16% of new immigrant workers were earning below £5 an hour in 2005, compared to 9% of all immigrant workers and 10% of UK-born workers. (page 8)
- Over the 39 years between 1966 and 2005, the UK experienced a total net loss of some 2.7 million British nationals. In other words, every year for the past 39 years, around 67,500 more British nationals left the UK than came back to it. (page 24)
- IPPR research suggests that around 5.5 million British nationals live overseas permanently (equivalent to 9.2 per cent of the UK’s population). (page 24)
- Global population is forecast to rise by 40 per cent, from 6.5 billion to 9.1 billion, over the next four decades. In the UK the population is projected to rise by 17 per cent, or 10.5 million, by 2074. (page 31)
- Currently, 80 million people are being added every year in less developed countries, compared with about 1.6 million in more developed countries. (page 32)
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Table of Contents
Chapter One: Migration and Security
Migration guide, British least supportive of immigration, Migration in the UK, Migration from Bulgaria and Romania, Migration facts and figures, Has migration led to unemployment?, Frequently asked questions, Police chief warns of migrant crime impact, What about a welcome amid the warnings?, Human rights of female migrants, Outline of the immigration problem, Irrationality grips the British concerning migrants, Does migration hurt migrants?, HIV, immigrants and immigration, Improving population statistics, Mass migration damaging the planet, Brits abroad.
Chapter Two: Population
Population estimates, One in four UK babies born to a foreign parent, Prince, Davina and a baby revolution, Baby shortage ‘a myth’, 2007 world population, Population issues: meeting development goals, Why we have a census, Peering into the dawn of an urban millennium, Ageing population.
Key Facts
Glossary
Index
Additional Resources
Acknowledgements
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The Study Guide for: Migration and Population - Volume 150
Each book in the Issues series has a study guide. These four-page guides provide a variety of discussion points and other activities to suit a wide range of ability levels and interests.
Publisher: Independence Educational Publishers
Price: £1.95
ISBN: 978 1 86168 449 3