Should countries still encourage migration in today’s world?
Interpretation of Keywords
Migration: movement of people across geographical borders, internationally or locally (international migration, or urban-rural migration within a country)
Still: identify the differences between the past and present
Encourage: put lesser restriction; welcome, embrace
Discourage: impose regulation on it
Today’s world: features of today's globalised workforce, trans-border terrorism etc.
Agree
- Migration brings social, cultural and economic benefits in society. For example, migrants work in sectors where locals cannot or do not want to work.
- Migration exposes the people of a nation to the atmosphere of another country that may be very different from one's motherland.
- Discouraging migration is a violation of human rights and it is a moral responsibility of countries to extend help to the persecuted migrants today.
Disagree
- Migration is no longer an attractive idea today as it threatens the security of a country. For example, terrorism, human trafficking
- Migrants are often vilified in many countries and are believed to deprive the locals of their employment opportunities.
- Ethics oppose migration on grounds of brain drain that results from it when a nation loses its people to another nation, it also loses its talents
