The Impacts of Migration
✅ Positive Impacts: Origin
🚫 Negative Impacts: Origin
✅ Positive Impacts: Destination
🚫 Negative Impacts: Destination
Sending Money Home
More Resources for Others in Origin
Learning New Skills
Could be used when Migrant returns home
Chance to Obtain Regular Work
Chance to Save Money
Better Quality of Life
Better Standard of Living
Loss of Contact with Family
Away for a long period of time
Poor Working Conditions
Racial Tension/Discrimination
Language Barriers
Hard to Find Housing
Example: Singapore didn't like 3/4 of South Asian group in their country
Causes Unfair Wage Distribution
Cultural Diversity
Cheap Labour
Skilled Labour
Breakdown of Diseases
Knowledge and Skill Flow
Loss of Skilled Labour
Borders seperate Families
Brain Drain
Could harm Economic Development
Example: skilled workers in India (LEDC) migrate to the US for example, which means India won't have many skilled workers left
Job-Related Issues
Job Loss
Low-paid Work
Long working Hours
Example: The country could be an overpopulated country, but if there's many migrants, there's more resources left for the rest of the population.
Boosts the local economy
Improves development of country
Gender Imbalance
Unemployment can reduce because of less competition for jobs
Less pressure on the resources
Less pressure on education and health care
Fewer people to Pay Tax
Migrants choose to work for jobs with low wages and jobs that local people choose not to do
Government Tax Revenues Increase
Immigrant groups can increase BR
Increased levels of pollution
Increased pressure on Natural Resources
Gender Imbalance
Men are more likely to migrate