Causes and Effects of Migration

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Pethrel Green Topic: Causes and effects of Migration Migration which comes from the word ‘migrate’ means ‘when a person or persons leaves their native country to take up permanent residence in another’ for economical and social change, escaping persecution, to be reunited with their families, for retirement purposes or environmental related issues. Economical and Social Change Migration in Jamaica goes as far back as slavery, as stated in an article written by Alex Glennie posted in June 2010 on a site called www.migrationinformation.org that the British captured Jamaica from the Spanish in 1655, many of the African slaves (known as Maroons) escaped into the mountains, established their own culture, and fought the British use of slaves. Which illustrates that even in those days persons were always seeking economical and social change for themselves and their families? In today’s society mothers migrate seeking better jobs and living conditions for themselves with the intention of sending for their child or children as soon as they receive their citizenship, and in the interim allow them to stay with relatives while they remit money and other items. This kind of situation usually has a negative effect on the child, which emerged the Jamaican term ‘barrel babies’. Young people graduating from universities have migrated over the past few years due to lack of employment, this will in turn cause Jamaica to suffer a brain drain as a that investment as well as profession as a teaching will grow country’s economy. Escaping persecution Migration caused by escaping persecution can be politically affiliated as in the late 1980’s to the early 1990’s young men from what was considered volatile communities or inner-cities migrated to the United States of America, Canada and England to escape persecution, however that led to guns being imported to Jamaica
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