Negative Effects Of International Migration

national dependence on labor export that need to be tackled. The issues mentioned above are the negative impacts of labor migration and overseas remittances. Some authors argue that migration leads to a loss of highly skilled individuals in the home country, an occurrence known as the brain drain. (Adams and Page,2003), in a study of 24 labor-exporting countries, finds that international migration involves the outflow of the well-educated people and that for several labor-exporting countries, international migration does cause brain drain. Aside from the loss of well-educated and skilled workers, brain drain can also imply a significant loss in terms of tax contributions (Seguin, et.al, 2006). There are also discussions about how labor migration and remittances cause severe changes in exchange rates, increased demand for local currency and how they affect exports and external competitiveness of the labor-sending country (Lopez-Cordoba and Olmedo, 2005). This phenomenon is known as the Dutch disease (Meins, 2007). In a case study in Cape Verde, (Bourdet and Falck, 2003), finds

Migration-PROS and CONS
Migration tends to be seen as problematic, in academic and policy debates, and in the popular press. It is often seen as the consequence of ruptures of environmental disaster, of economic exploitation, or political or civil tensions and violence. And it is often perceived to be a cause of problems, like environmental degradation, health problems, ‘brain drain’, political or social instability, declining law and order, and unravelling social fabric and support systems (Templonuevo & Encinas-Franco, 2010). It is evident that despite of so many lessons learned since the first batch of OFWs in the 70’s, the lives of majority Filipinos who worked abroad with the dream of improving the lives of their families have faltered. Some familiar reasons about the dilemma are enumerated here below;
• Spending all income until health has failed and has to go