Thursday 23 October 2008

Pollard

Explores some of the future trends for migration flows between A8 countries and UK, [some might apply to Brazilian migration] 1) Development in sending country may lead to a reduction in push factors1 2) Diversion to alternative destinations -note that even without the issue of entry restrictions the demand of the British labour market has been higher than that of other EU countries.2 demographic changes leading to fall of potential migrants.3 4) Devaluing of pound sterling, reduction of pull factor.4
1N Pollard, Ma Latorre & D Sriskandarajah, Floodgates or Turnstiles: Post-EU Enlargement Migration Flows to (and from) the UK, (London: IPPR, 2008) 48.
2N Pollard, Ma Latorre & D Sriskandarajah, Floodgates or Turnstiles: Post-EU Enlargement Migration Flows to (and from) the UK, (London: IPPR, 2008) 49–50.
3N Pollard, Ma Latorre & D Sriskandarajah, Floodgates or Turnstiles: Post-EU Enlargement Migration Flows to (and from) the UK, (London: IPPR, 2008) 51.
4N Pollard, Ma Latorre & D Sriskandarajah, Floodgates or Turnstiles: Post-EU Enlargement Migration Flows to (and from) the UK, (London: IPPR, 2008) 51.

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