Negative Effects of Mass Migration

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Since the dawn of time people move from one place to another in search of more opportunities and a better life. These migrations continued up until the present era and have even increased. The complexity of migration has also increased due to the formation of nations with clear defined boundaries. It has been argued that the increase in migration as a whole has great benefits to mankind. However, this movement of people has caused the promotion of phenomena such as overpopulation, ethnic factionalism and social stratification which has had harmful social, economical and political impacts. This essay will demonstrate the negative social, economical and political effects on host countries resulting from increasing mass migration from developing regions to developed regions in the twenty-first century.

growing migration in the twenty-first century has had a negatively affect on host countries societies in many ways. It has caused overpopulation, which creates a lot of harmful social phenomena such as increased unemployment due to the many competitors and the limited functions. Duncan, R states (2008) this produces a limited income for the poor, which leads to increased crime. As a result of this the community will become a unsafe. In addition, the unemployment leads to the spread of bad habits such as smoking, drinking alcohol and drug abuse which results in mental and physical illness .As a result, the societies health conditions will deteriorate. Koehlmoos, TP, Uddin, MJ, Ashraf, A & Rashid, M state (2009) that as in the case of Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh has an influx of 320,000 immigrants annually. This leads to overpopulation in this city. That has made 3,4 million people living without shelter. This caused the increas...

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