Negative Aspects of Emigration to the Host Country

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Negative Aspects of Emigration to an Emigrant and Host Country (Name) (Course) Negative Aspects of Emigration to an Emigrant and Host Country Emigration is problematic to both individual emigrants and the host country. Due to this, emigration is a contentious issue in many industrialized nations across the world (Dumon, 1986). This has been the truth not only for countries that people consider as traditional “receiving” countries but also in developing nations in Asia and Europe. The debate about emigration generates many reactions from both sides of the scope, with economic and political effects being amongst the key topics debated (Friedberg & Hunt, 1995). The emigrant population faces a number of problems in their host country. Amongst these problems is lack of better living conditions especially for those who are lucky to employment in the farms (Dumon, 1986). The emigrants are exposed to chemicals, lack of medical services and social security benefits, living in poor houses, lack of toilets, drinking, and hand washing water at work place (Shah, 2007). All these factors contribute to a range of health problems and decline in the general well being of the emigrant. Another major problem that faces the emigrants in the host nation is harassment by both natives and law enforcement officers (Dumon, 1986). In some countries, emigrants have reported harassment and inadequate provision of security by police officers (Dumon, 1986). In cases where emigrants are victims, law enforcers have offered little or no solutions to their problems. Cases of racism by natives against the emigrants are also common phenomena. This in turn lowers the moral of the emigrants in general (Dumon, 1986). On the other hand, emigration has proved to be problematic to the host nations in a number of ways. Amongst these are emigration related wage issues (Friedberg
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