DILEMMA OF IMMIGRATION

- M.SHALINI 1311655

Immigration - moving into a country

Emigration - moving out of a country

WHAT IS IMMIGRATION ?THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN IMMIGRATION AND EMIGRATION.

Immigration is the movement o people into another country or region to which they are not native in order to settle there.[Immigration is a result of: including temperature, breeding, economic, political, family re-unification, natural disaster, poverty or the wish to change one's surroundings voluntarily.

• WORLDWIDE, THERE IS AN ESTIMATED 191 MILLION IMMIGRATE.

THE LAST 50 YEARS HAS SEEN AN ALMOST DOUBLING OF IMMIGRATION

115 MILLION IMMIGRANTS LIVE IN DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

20% (APPROXIMATELY 38 MILLION) LIVE IN THE US ALONE, MAKING UP 13% OF ITS POPULATION

33% OF ALL IMMIGRANTS LIVE IN EUROPE;75% LIVE IN JUST 28 COUNTRIES

BETWEEN 1990 AND 2005THERE WERE 36 MILLION MIGRATIONS (AN AVERAGE OF APPROXIMATELY 2.4 MILLION PER YEAR)

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WHY DO PEOPLE IMMIGRATE ?Moving to a different country with different

culture and norms can be quite dauntingThere may be the additional pressure to

earn enough to liveBetter living conditions, job opportunities ,Due to conflict or to escape persecution

and prejudicesThey can include famine, war, disease,

lack of jobs, over population and drought

A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE ARE ATTEMPTING TO LEAVE THE DEVASTATION OF THEIR OWN COUNTRY CAUSED BY THE CURRENT FORM OF GLOBALIZATION

PULL AND PUSH FACTORS

PUSH FACTORS :-FAMINE, WAR, DISEASE, LACK OF JOBS, OVER POPULATION AND DROUGHT

PULL FACTORS:-FREEDOM, FAMILY, TECHNOLOGY, BETTER JOBS, BETTER EDUCATION.

EFFECTS OF IMMIGRATIONImmigration can have positive and negative impacts on both the host (recipient) country, and the original country.

BENEFITSCountries, immigrants offer various benefits such as the following:• Immigrants will often do jobs that people in the

host country will not, or cannot do;• Migrant workers often work longer hours and for

lower salaries, and while that is controversial, sometimes exploitive, it benefits the host country;

• Immigrants, when made to feel welcome in the host society, can contribute to the diversity of that society, which can help with tolerance and understanding;

• For the host country’s economy, immigrants offer an increased talent pool, if they have been well educated in their original country.

DRAWBACKS• Immigrants can be exploited for their cheap

labor;• Developing countries may suffer “

brain drain” as the limited resources they spend in educating their students amount to very little if that talent is enticed to another country. (The UK for example is often accused of actively hiring medical staff from developing countries. The previous link details this issue further.)

• Immigration can also attract criminal elements, from trafficking in drugs and people to other forms of crime and corruption;

• Immigration can become a social/political issue, where racism can be used to exploit feelings or as an excuse for current woes of local population;

• Immigrants and refugees appear to get more benefits than local poor people, tensions and hostilities can also rise

Agricultural Impacts of

Immigration

IMPORTANCE OF AGRICULTURE IN IMMIGRAT COUNTRIES• Farmers do not want to use legal

immigrants because they have to be paid more and their labor conditions are monitored. Illegal immigrants do not have to be paid much and do not have any legal rights in this country, which means they are not protected from harsh labor conditions.

• If illegal immigrants were removed, legal immigrants would be the main option for farmers, because most Americans want office jobs or jobs with less manual labor.

• This would force farmers to pay their workers more and they would be forced to become more mechanized then they are now.

MAIN EFFECTS IN IMMIGRATION

The main causes of immigration in present generation and future :-• People needed in home countries• Loss of culture • Over population• Gene pool -traits -characteristics -behavior

What Then Shall We Do???

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR.LOBBYING CONGRESSMEN AND LOCAL OFFICIALS.RAISE AWARENESS OF THE ISSUE, BY PRESENTING FACTS INSTEAD OF SPECULATIONS.PARTICIPATE IN DEMONSTRATIONS.BRING IN PROFESSIONALS INVOLVED WITH THE ISSUE TO SPEAK AND GIVE INFORMATION

REFERENCES• http://www.cis.org/node/4573

• http://www.globalissues.org/article/537/immigration

• http://environment.about.com/od/environmentallawpolicy/a/immigration.htm

• http://www.cis.org/renshon/gops-immigration-reform-dilemma-presidential-enforcement

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