THE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE SIDES OF IMMIGRATION

Throughout history, millions of people have moved to other countries in search of a better life. Many immigrants come from their less developed countries due to the fact that richer and industrialized countries may offer some opportunities for employment including a peaceful environment. As concrete examples, in some developed foreign countries, not only free healthcare and schooling but also academic programs are available for citizens. For the sake of those benefits, numerous needy-indigenous people have rolled in to such affluent nations in huge numbers, which sparks  both developments and reactions in  the new country.

As for the added values of immigration and multi-cultural societies, it can be asserted that immigration can be extremely positive in terms of the economy. Because many immigrants have skills that are needed in the country they move to, an emigrant country having no infrastructure may lose its granted and talented citizens to developing countries. (because it is the skilled and educated people who emigrate, their home country suffers)  Obviously, immigrants who find work can contribute to the economy of their new country and hence, they might send money home to help their struggling family members.Furthermore, immigration creates cultural diversity also, which causes people of many different nationalities to learn to live together in harmony.. Thanks to such positive relations among people, most of them may become open-minded and tolerant as well.

When it comes to the negative aspects of immigration, some people claim that immigrants take jobs that local people should have. As it is seen in the Ottoman culture, innumerable permissive laws have perpetually,  become effective to enable the immigrant population to have a claim that they did not even have in their own country. As to the immigrant workers that have been deemed worthy of doing simple manual labour , working longer hours for less money becomes inevitable in addition to their missing for their family ( They work longer hours for less money in addition to suffering from homesickness). Yet, companies might pay lower salaries to their new and desperate employees and unemployment rates could rise among the local population if there are too many immigrants.

All in all, immigration can help the economy of a country to develop and create multi-cultural societies where  many people can  benefit from different opinions and traditions. However, immigration needs to be controlled immediately, because companies may exploit immigrant workers that have no right to equal pay and conditions. So as to avoid the perverse effect of immigration, the  political, economic and social rights of immigrants should be prioritized  by  governments..