Disadvantages:
1. Migrants may have to suffer in the new place due to atrocities such as racial abuse. They may also be discriminated in the new place. This may lead to an
increase in the crime rate of the place where the migrant has arrived. 2. A large migrant influx may lead to an increased burden on the existing
resources of the place. This may in turn again lead to strife between the migrant and the people who were living there. Proper planning by the local government
will help both the migrants and the existing community co exist peacefully. 3. Migration often also may lead to a decrease in the economy of the place where
they have arrived. This is because of the increased costs that the place has to put up with. The costs may be associated with the increased expenditure to provide
adequate housing, food and health care to the migrant population. These are the benefits and disadvantages faced by the migrant as well as
the people of the place where the migrant has settled. Governments and local aid organizations have a large role to play in providing adequate care for the migrant.
The local population also, has to be pacified to take in the migrant. Proper planning and providing increased infrastructure will help in
improving the economy rather than causing a detrimental effect. The onus will be on the authorities to cause a positive ripple rather than a negative one.
4.1.2 Regional Development
The link between development and migration, and the impact that respect has long been a concern of experts and development planners. There is a view that
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development activities to determine the direction and volume of migration, but on the other hand there is also a view that states the direction and volume of
migration that determine the pace of development. Furthermore, in the context of the impact of this linkage, there is the view that mobility or migration of workers
can encourage development, but there is also the view that the migration of workers can disrupt the development process.
Negative views expressed that the class of out-migration potential labor force of young and educated country or a region to the city or to another area, tend
to have negatively impacted the area abandoned. Therefore, the migration could be expected to interfere with and slow down the process of regional development.
Brain drain is not only raises the issue of scarcity of labor force driving development, but also can disrupt local economic growth. In the area of
destination city, labor mobility does not only complicate the arrangement of the city, but also led to excess labor force which raises the problem of unemployment,
poor workers in the informal sector, poverty and slums in the city. Positive outlook stating that the negative effects described earlier are not
fully applicable in developing countries. Various studies have shown that mobility or migration of workers is one of the strategies available to rural households
poor, to contribute to achieve and enjoy the cake of development that tends to accumulate in the cities regions are more advanced. By allocating the existing
human resources, rural households poor trying to take advantage of opportunities that exist outside its borders. The work outside the area as far as possible be saved
and then delivered and utilized in the region of origin.
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Posts Remittances of the migrant workers have a positive impact on rural households poor and rural economies regions are less developed. In the early
stages, remittances from migrant workers is mostly just intended to meet the needs of daily living of the family left behind. However, in further stages,
remittances began to widely use for productive activities, to be used as capital sought.
4.1.3 General Impacts
