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Southampton
Importance of migration
82.4% of Southampton's population were born in the UK. 7.9% from Europe 6.2% from Middle East and Asia. Sometimes there can be problems of interration into a wider community - some hostility between groups of different people from different cultures.
There are 33,000 students at Southampton Solent and University of Southampton - both from around the UK and abroud. The mainly young migrants help to balance the ageing population. Since 2001 the number of 16-44s has increased by 12.4%.
At St Mark's primary school in Shirely, 49 languages are spoken by the pupils - among two types of Zulu and Punjabi. There is a large need to provide education for children whose first language is not English funding for which is not always possible.
2011 population in Southampton was 236,900. The population has increased by 19,400 since 2001, approximately 8.9%. There was also an increase in children aged 0-4 years (27.8%). Extra people arriving so quickly has put pressue on housing and employment.
European migrants since 2000 have contributed more than 20 billion pounds to UK finances. In Southampton there are on average 25,000 Polish migrants. This provides a contribution to both the local and national economy - more people employed/starting businesses means more taxes to the government which can be spent on improving services such as healthcare. Often, the migrants are a hardworking and motivated workforce who do jobs unwanted by locals e.g cleaners.
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