Causes and Effects of Migration

• more and better paid jobs
• new and good quality houses
• better education – more oppotunities
• improved medical care
• better transport

 Now I am going to talk about the rural-urban migration in Britain. During the Industrial Revolution of the nineteenth century, many people in Britain were either forced to leave the countryside caused by push factors or attracted to the growing towns caused by the pull factors. Between about 1930 and 1980 there were people from the north and west of Britain such as Glasgow and Edinburgh to the south-east of England such as London. While the north part was losing their population, the south-east part increased population. Yorkshire needed more textile workers. Also Liverpool and Manchester were growing in iron and steel industry. All of these things were an advantage for the new coming immigrants.

 This time I am going to talk about the international migration, how Mexican’s have migrated into USA. The United States has much to offer migrants. It is a place with many oppotunities, high standards of living and an attractive way of life. It is one of the wealthiest places in the world, jobs are readlily available, education is good and health care is excellent. For people living in the worlds poorer countries, USA is very attractive. Since 1940 many Mexicans have migrated northwards into the USA. Most Mexicans settle in California or Texas. They search for work and chance of earning money. Migrant workers do all kinds of work. Many work on large farms and in food processing factories. Most are low paid work but they can earn more in a month than they could in a full year in Mexico.

There are many effects of migration. Some are good and some are bad. Some affect the migrant and some affect the place they have moved to. For example, a Mexican family who has moved but has regreted later because they can’t speak the language properly and have a great difficulty getting work and the people do not seem to help them. An American unemployed man is sick of Mexicans coming into their country because the Mexicans reduce the chances of him getting a job and finding a place to live. Most importantly they change their cities to suit their life. Some Americans are happy because Mexicans are happy on low pays so the owner profits and Mexicans do jobs that Americans don’t do or don’t like. Some Mexican families are happy because they don’t have any difficulties with the language or settling in.

Now I am going to talk about Turks migration to Germany after the second world war. In countries where there is a low standard of living and a shortage of jobs, groups of people will migrate to nearby, wealthier countries hoping to find work like Turks migrating to Germany. As West Germany became increasingly wealthy, it attracted workers from the poorer parts of southern Europe and the Middle East. There were many jobs available. At the same time, several of those countries in the southern Europe and the Middle East had too many workers for the number of jobs available, and those who had jobs usullay received very low pays. The result was a movement of people from poorer countries like Turkey to richer countries like West Germany.

As many of the early Turkish immigrants came from farming villages, they initially found agricultural jobs in West Germany. Soon, however, they turned to relatively better-paid jobs in factories. These were jobs which the Germans themselves did not want as they were often dirty, unskilled, poorly paid and demanded long.