Analyse the social effects of migration

  Dec 07, 2016

Migration affects bot the area of origin and the area of desintation. The social effects of migration are the following:

• When more of the same generation migrates, it has a detrimental effect on social structure
• There is a disproportionate number of females left behind
• The non-return of migrants causes an imbalance in the population pyramid
• Returning retired migrants may impose a social cost on the community if support mechanisms are not in place to cater for them

The above may be called the costs. Given below are the benefits:

• The population density is reduced and the birth rate decreases , as t is the younger adults who migrate
• Remittances sent home by economic migrants can finance improved education and health facilities
• caste rigidities  decrease and dalits will benefit
• women empowerment may take place as urban women are more likely to be educated and work