We
recently watched the film “God Grew Tired of Us.” This movie suggests that there
are two types of migration. The first type would be migration by choice, just
for a new lifestyle. The second type of migration is often forced or caused by
push-pull factors. Migration is connected to globalization in that with
migration, people from different parts of the world can interact through ideas,
job markets, cultures, and ways of life.
Migration
affects the economy in positive and negative ways for both countries bringing
in immigrants and countries sending people away. By opening up borders for
people migrating, countries bringing in people must provide temporary work
programs to help with skill shortages. This, however, could decrease domestic
wages. It also allows for immigrants to work low paying jobs that many people
don’t want to work. For sending countries it is beneficial because remittances
are often sent back to migrators family’s in their home country. For example,
in the film we watched, some of the boys sent money back to the village that
they had previously lived in before migrating to the United States. Overall
migration affects the economy more positively because it provides for jobs for
minorities, and helps to provide workers for work shortages in certain fields.
Migration
affects culture by bringing new ideas and practices along with the immigrants
to countries. Due to migration, cultures of different people or countries are
often being mixed. Many people often migrate to countries such as the United
States, Argentina, and Brazil, because the citizenship in these countries isn’t
based on ethnic backgrounds. Therefore, culture in certain countries is a much
more broad range of ideas than it is in others.
Push
and pull factors are a big part of migration. Push factors are the reasons that
migrants are pushed out of their home country, whereas pull factors are the
reasons people migrate or end up in a certain country. Push factors in the film
we watched would include the civil war taking place, and a poor lifestyle. Bad
conditions were the main reason that the lost boys were sent to America to
start new lives. Pull factors for the boys would include the opportunities to
get a job, have freedom, and live a much more positive lifestyle. Push-pull
factors play a huge role in people immigrating to change their lifestyle for
the better.
Migration
is often predicted to cause problems in the future. With more people migrating,
there are better chances that diseases may spread, there will not be enough
jobs to provide for everyone, and some countries or areas may overpopulate. With
problems of mass migration already occurring in certain countries, new problems
will soon arise such as illegal immigration. However, if we control migration
to a certain point, countries should be able to overcome a few of these
problems.
Migration
is a huge part of our world today, and will continue to be for years to come.
Globalization links to migration by connecting people, new ideas, cultures, and
ways of life. If migration continues at a steady pace, globalization will
continue as well.
