Moving Around Europe!

Learning objectives …

• To understand how low cost transport and EU rules affect migration within Europe.

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Why do people move?Why have they chosen to travel or move?

What allows them to travel or move?

Zen and Mary 1.2.

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Mr and Mrs Underwood

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Christopher Beazley

1. 1.2.

Trevor and Amanda Hughes

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Zoe Nicol 1. 1.2.

Jenny and Andy 1. 1.2.

Jonathon 1. 1.

Zen and Mary• Zen and Mary are from Poland. Zen is a

plumber and Mary is an agricultural worker. They have moved to the UK to work.

• Unemployment in Poland in 2004 around 20-25%. This is a very high figure. It suggests that one in every five Polish people is unemployed.

• Wages are very low in Poland. • A coach runs from Warsaw to Southampton

three times every week. It takes 30 hours to complete the journey, but it is cheap and easy.

Mr and Mrs Underwood

• Mr and Mrs Underwood are from the UK. They have a summer home in the south of France (a small cottage that they can use for weekends and holidays). They are both fluent in French.

• House prices in the South of France are cheaper than those in the UK. Ten years ago house prices in the South of France were even cheaper still.

• The south of Europe has much warmer and drier summers than the UK.

• easyJet and Ryanair fly to lots of locations in Europe and advertise cheap flights.

Christopher Beazley• Christopher Beazley is an MEP (member of the

European Parliament). He has to travel to work in the European Parliament in Strasbourg (France) and his office in Brussels (Belgium).

• Western Europe has a high quality motorway system. In France you pay a toll to use the Autoroute which is usually clear and easy to drive on.

• Most of Europe (not the UK) now uses the Euro – a single currency for the EU. This means that you only need one type of money to travel through the continent.

Trevor and Amanda Hughes

• Trevor and Amanda Hughes are both from Birmingham but have retired to the Costa Brava in Spain. Trevor is a plumber and is able to get small jobs in Spain to ‘make ends meet’.

• Lots of older people like to retire to warmer climates and places with a more relaxed atmosphere.

• Houses in Spain can be bought for much less than in the UK. Often they are over 50% cheaper.

• easyJet and Ryanair fly to lots of locations in Europe and advertise cheap flights.

Zoe Nicol• Zoe Nicol works for a bank. She has

an office in Brussels, Berlin and in London.

• EuroStar (trains) run from St Pancras (London) to a large number of cities in France and Belgium – from there you can link to other cities.

Jenny and Andy• Jenny and Andy live in Peterborough

in Cambridgeshire. They are going on a romantic weekend break to Paris.

• From St Pancras London it will take 135 minutes to reach Paris. Travellers will not have long check-in times as they do at airports – they can jump on the train.

Jonathon• Jonathon is a teacher – he was trained in

London and now works in a school in Austria where he teaches English.

• He likes to drive from Austria back to the UK in the summer holidays.

• Crossing the English Channel by car has never been easier – ferries leave from Dover, Poole, Portsmouth and Plymouth. Eurotunnel trains only take 35 minutes to cross the Channel.

Why do people move?Why have they chosen to travel or move?

What allows them to travel or move?

Zen and Mary 1. WorkUnemployment is high in Poland.2. Wages are low in Poland.

1. Coach from Warsaw to Southampton – cheap and easy.

Mr and Mrs Underwood

1. Holiday Home2. Warmer and drier summer

in south of Europe.

1. Cheap house prices in south of France.

2. Cheap flights.3. They can speak French

Christopher Beazley

1. Work 1. High quality motorway system.2. Single currency in most of Europe.

Trevor and Amanda Hughes

1. Older people like to retire to places with warmer climates.

1. Cheap houses in Spain.2. Cheap flights to Europe.

Zoe Nicol 1. Work 1. EuroStar runs from London to Belgium, there she can get a train to Berlin.

Jenny and Andy

1. Romantic get-away. 1. Easy to cross English Channel – on the train.

Jonathon 1. Work 1. Cheap ferries and the Eurotunnel is quick

EU Laws• Free Movement - EU nationals • Free movement of workers is a fundamental principle of the Treaty enshrined in Article 45 of the Treaty on the

Functioning of the European Union and developed by EU secondary legislation and the Case law of the Court of Justice. EU citizens are entitled to:

• look for a job in another EU country    • work there without needing a work permit • reside there for that purpose • stay there even after employment has finished • enjoy equal treatment with nationals in access to employment, working conditions and all other social and tax

advantages• EU nationals may also have certain types of health & social security coverage transferred to the country in which they

go to seek work (see coordination of social security systems). • Free movement of workers also applies, in general terms, to the countries in the European Economic Area: Iceland,

Liechtenstein and Norway.• People working in some occupations may also be able to have their professional qualifications recognised abroad (see

mutual recognition of professional qualifications). • EU social security coordination provides rules to protect the rights of people moving within the EU, Iceland,

Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland. • Who can benefit from this freedom?• Jobseekers, i.e. EU nationals who move to another EU country to look for a job, under certain conditions • EU nationals working in another EU country • EU nationals who return to their country of origin after having worked abroad. • Family members of the above.• Rights may differ somewhat for people who plan to be self-employed, students, and retired or otherwise economically

non-active people. For more information on these groups, see Your Europe.• What restrictions are there?• The rights described on this site apply to people who exercise their right to free movement for work purposes. • There are limitations based on considerations of public security, public policy, public health grounds and employment in

the public sector. • Nationals of Croatia may face temporary restrictions

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