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Impact Positive Negative

• Th ere is an increase in the • Immigrants are not fl exible workers.
contribution to tax. Th ey tend to be trained only for one
• It helps to reduce the workload of particular job or in one skill.
the citizens to pay for the nation’s • Not all immigrants are skilled
expenditure. workers.
Economical
• Migration boosts economic growth. • Th e money they earn is oft en sent
• Immigrant workers can fi ll the jobs back to their own country which
in which there are shortages. brings no benefi t to the destination
• Th ere is an improvement in foreign country.
connectivity.

• An increase in the active population • Immigrants do not earn much, so
means there is less dependency on they do not make a contribution to
the nation. support the ageing population.
• Th ere is an increase in the fertility • Too many immigrants may overcrowd
rate which is good for countries that the country.
aim towards or need a population • Foreigners may replace the residential
increase. population.
Demographic
• Th ere may be an excessive increase in
the young population, which will lead
to a larger dependent population.
• Since men are the most common
immigrants, they may outnumber the
female gender leading to a skewed sex
ratio.

• Th e introduction to new cultures may • Introduction to new cultures may
promote better relations between lead to cultural, religious and racial
countries. confl icts.
Political
• Services for foreigners get improved. • Additional housing needs to be
• Improved taxation leads to fl exibility provided for immigrants.
in government expenditure.

• Allowing more people into the
country demands a greater supply of
basic necessities for the immigrants.
Th is may lead to the country not
Environmental being able to support its people
through only their natural resources
and will certainly increase the
import costs in order to meet the
needs of their people.

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