Class 8 new
- 2. Advantages and disadvantages of migration in destination countries: Advantages: 1. Cheap labour – Migrants generally do many unskilled jobs at low wages. Thus, there will be cheap labour available for different types of services.
- 3. 2. Skilled labour: some immigrants are highly skilled and talented. They contribute to the knowledge and production in the interest of the country.
- 4. 3. Cultural diversity: Immigrants provide diversity at many places. This helps people to know other ways of life and to appreciate humanity better.
- 5. Disadvantages: 1. Job loss: Locals often lose jobs to incoming workers. Thus immigrants may cause pressure on job issues.
- 6. 2. Discrimination and racism: Immigrants can increase racism and discrimination in the country. They cannot speak local language and often find themselves not accepted in foreign communities.
- 7. 3. Breakdown of culture and traditions: Culture and tradition are negatively modified because different people are exposed to different ways of doing things. Sometimes, new crimes may also emerge.
- 8. 4. Social pressure: Prices of certain amenities such as health, housing and education increases and that results in hardship to all.
- 9. 5. Disease: As people move from place to place, there is a risk of outbreak of diseases.
- 10. Advantages and disadvantages to home country 1. Remittance: Generally, migrants send lot of money to their family members residing in the home country. Foreign exchange is helpful in the development and economic growth of the home country.
- 11. 2. Better job opportunities for locals. 3. Knowledge and skill flow: Migrants often bring new ideas and they are able to set up new business and economic ventures.
- 12. Disadvantages 1. Loss of skilled labour: Young graduates like doctors, nurses, engineers migrate to other countries and these professionals offer their services to other countries instead of the home country. 2. Fall in demand for home goods: As more people migrate the population might decrease and the demand for goods and services may also decrease.
- 13. 3. Social impact – parents leave children and other dependents suffer most.