Immigration Problems
Uploaded by AhmadImran on Jan 24, 2013
IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS
Immigration can be defined as ‘to enter and settle in a country or region to which one is not native’. It therefore, entails the movement of people from one country to a permanent abode in another one which is foreign to them. The subtlety of the difference between immigration and migration needs to be considered that is: Whereas immigration means for an individual or a family to move to a foreign country, the word migration describes the act of moving from one place to another - within a country or across borders (intra or inter-national), for people or even animals, and usually refers not to the solitary movement but to a larger demographic like a community or a whole tribe. For the past few years immigration has resulted in problems of grave proportions. So it is very important to pin-point the causes and the resultant repercussions of foreign immigration.
Immigration can be legal or illegal but the prime reasons for both are common: economic or social. ‘Lack of opportunities’ due to a turbulent economy in the native country may force the people to move in order to pursue a better life. The ‘Brain drain’ from the third world countries epitomizes this type of immigration. The paucity of jobs or inadequacy of wages to suffice the luxuries and sometimes even the needs of the best lot of a nation, makes them prefer some other country; a more opportune one.
Another very important but equally alarming factor is the ‘Racial discrimination’. In its extreme forms, it manifests itself as civil war, ethnic cleansing or even genocide that leaves the targeted race with no other option but to leave for another country.
‘Religious violence’ may also force the people to move to a country where people share their religion. Certain Atheist countries have remained infamous for this type of violence. Even in the modern world such cases have troubled specially the Muslims of India, China and some western countries like France. Other faiths may also be its victim like the holocaust that forced the Jews to Palestine.
‘Social oppression’ may also contribute to the increasing rate of immigration. The Communism of China, Socialism of Russia, Kingdoms of Arab or Dictatorships in any part of the world usurp the freedom of speech of the people and they may immigrate to another country.
In the world today, ‘terrorism and unrest’ may also force the people to...