Q. “Migration is not only inevitable but also necessary and desirable”. Comment.
Approach:
- In the introduction, provide the definition of migration.
- Write why migration is not only inevitable but also necessary and desirable.
- Provide a conclusion based on the arguments provided.
Answer:
What is migration?
Migration is defined as the movement of people from one place to another across the boundaries(generally political). It is an integral part and an important factor in redistributing the population over time and space.
Migration is inevitable in view of the driving forces in an interconnected world; necessary, if skills are to be available, jobs to be filled and economies to flourish; and desirable for the contributions that migrants make both to countries of origin and destination.
The migration is both a driver and a consequence of economic development. However, the beneficial effects of international migration for countries of destination and origin are far from automatic. To ensure that the potential benefits of migration are maximized and widely shared, governments need to develop appropriate regulations and innovative policies.
One such innovation, “global skills partnerships”, which strengthen the workforce in developing countries for both migrants and nonmigrants while offering legal pathways to migrants who fill gaps in labour markets in destination countries.
The fact that migration is a form of development certainly does not imply that migration is automatically beneficial to all groups of people, or necessarily beneficial to any given group. Those are not true of any form of development. Development in all its forms is an uneven, risky, occasionally brutal process. It inherently produces some degree of displacement, uncertainty, and fear.
Migration does not stand apart from the development process. Migration is one aspect of development. Within countries, the physical movement of people has been a tremendous engine of trade, entrepreneurship, education, and the spread of ideas.
21 st Century is the century of human mobility and migration. We can no longer think about our economies, societies or cultures without thinking about human mobility. According to all the available information, this human mobility is expected to increase and nearly double in the near future.
Despite the general acceptance that migration is inevitable, necessary and desirable, there is a worrying rise in discrimination, xenophobia, exclusion, and human rights violations of migrants throughout the world. The general public has predominantly negative feelings about migration and migrants, and a sense that governments do not have matters properly under control. This public perception has restricted the ability of politicians to advance economic arguments in their discourse about migration and develop a more realistic and fact-based policy and legislative frameworks.
Migrants steal native jobs is another unfounded belief. This misperception is more common in countries where unemployment is higher, and countries with high unemployment rates most often appear to be the ones with lower, not higher immigration rates.Fact is that migrants move where they are more likely to find jobs and away from countries with high unemployment.
Migrants also facilitate the flow of goods, factors and knowledge between origin and destination countries and establish fruitful networks which are beneficial to their communities of origin. One of the most striking cases of the positive contributions of diaspora is given by the rise of the IT sector in India in the 1990s – a real IT revolution – through brain circulation, return migration and the contribution to formal institutions and networks of experts abroad. Indians headed 9%of Silicon Valley start-ups at the end of the 1990s, mostly in the software sector.
There is evidence that skilled migration helps increase foreign investments in migrants’ countries of origin and creates trade networks between origin and destination countries. The creation of transnational scientific networks between members of the diaspora contributes to the diffusion of technology across countries.
The reality is that migration brings huge benefits, fuelling growth, innovation and entrepreneurship in both the countries people come from, and in those they move to. When governed humanely to promote safety, order and dignity, migration has endless advantages. It provides opportunities and raises incomes and living standards.
Approach:
- In the introduction, provide the definition of migration.
- Write why migration is not only inevitable but also necessary and desirable.
- Provide a conclusion based on the arguments provided.
Answer:
What is migration?
Migration is defined as the movement of people from one place to another across the boundaries(generally political). It is an integral part and an important factor in redistributing the population over time and space.
Migration is inevitable in view of the driving forces in an interconnected world; necessary, if skills are to be available, jobs to be filled and economies to flourish; and desirable for the contributions that migrants make both to countries of origin and destination.
The migration is both a driver and a consequence of economic development. However, the beneficial effects of international migration for countries of destination and origin are far from automatic. To ensure that the potential benefits of migration are maximized and widely shared, governments need to develop appropriate regulations and innovative policies.
One such innovation, “global skills partnerships”, which strengthen the workforce in developing countries for both migrants and nonmigrants while offering legal pathways to migrants who fill gaps in labour markets in destination countries.
The fact that migration is a form of development certainly does not imply that migration is automatically beneficial to all groups of people, or necessarily beneficial to any given group. Those are not true of any form of development. Development in all its forms is an uneven, risky, occasionally brutal process. It inherently produces some degree of displacement, uncertainty, and fear.
Migration does not stand apart from the development process. Migration is one aspect of development. Within countries, the physical movement of people has been a tremendous engine of trade, entrepreneurship, education, and the spread of ideas.
21 st Century is the century of human mobility and migration. We can no longer think about our economies, societies or cultures without thinking about human mobility. According to all the available information, this human mobility is expected to increase and nearly double in the near future.
Despite the general acceptance that migration is inevitable, necessary and desirable, there is a worrying rise in discrimination, xenophobia, exclusion, and human rights violations of migrants throughout the world. The general public has predominantly negative feelings about migration and migrants, and a sense that governments do not have matters properly under control. This public perception has restricted the ability of politicians to advance economic arguments in their discourse about migration and develop a more realistic and fact-based policy and legislative frameworks.
Migrants steal native jobs is another unfounded belief. This misperception is more common in countries where unemployment is higher, and countries with high unemployment rates most often appear to be the ones with lower, not higher immigration rates.Fact is that migrants move where they are more likely to find jobs and away from countries with high unemployment.
Migrants also facilitate the flow of goods, factors and knowledge between origin and destination countries and establish fruitful networks which are beneficial to their communities of origin. One of the most striking cases of the positive contributions of diaspora is given by the rise of the IT sector in India in the 1990s – a real IT revolution – through brain circulation, return migration and the contribution to formal institutions and networks of experts abroad. Indians headed 9%of Silicon Valley start-ups at the end of the 1990s, mostly in the software sector.
There is evidence that skilled migration helps increase foreign investments in migrants’ countries of origin and creates trade networks between origin and destination countries. The creation of transnational scientific networks between members of the diaspora contributes to the diffusion of technology across countries.
The reality is that migration brings huge benefits, fuelling growth, innovation and entrepreneurship in both the countries people come from, and in those they move to. When governed humanely to promote safety, order and dignity, migration has endless advantages. It provides opportunities and raises incomes and living standards.
