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ADVOCACY FOR THE YOUNG IN CRISIS ADYIC-SALONE [ Profil ] |
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Re: [YouthMigration] Questions: Week 1
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Aug 24th, 2006 - 10:59:26 |
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My name Is Andrew Kondoh Im 25 years old. I come from Sierra Leone and I am a social worker in my home country.
Questions:
(Sections roughly correspond to the round table discussions taking
place at the Dialogue)
Section 1: Effects of international migration on economic and social
development
- What are the main economic and social benefits and drawbacks of
migration for young migrants and for their home and host countries?
- Lack of man power
- Brain drain
- Unemployment
- Over population
- Increases of tax payers
- Terrorist and terrorism
- Housing problem
- Increases in prices of commodities
- Specialization and division of labour and man power
- cultural transformations
Do you think that the benefits of youth migration outweigh the drawbacks?
To my own research studies so far, yes for developing countries like Sierra Leone. Even though there are a lot of drawbacks but the benefits overweigh.
A youth migrants leaving his or her country with little or no education, poor social and economic background, will return to return to their country with either better educated of financially secured.
- Who benefits the most from youth migration national governments, local communities or the young migrants themselves and their families?
Neither the national government nor the local communities from youth migration, the youth migrants themselves, their families and close friends.
Section 2: Ensuring the human rights of migrants
- What policies does your government operate to guarantee the rights of young migrants?
For Sierra Leone, government does not operate policies to guarantee the rights of young migrants. Government does not know how many of her citizens have migrated from his country. In the areas where war or disaster stock, government do not have proper records of her citizen in that country more or less talk of evacuating her citizens.
Are there special measures in place to protect the more vulnerable (for example, young women)?
In my answer to the previous question, government does not know how many of her citizens have migrated from her country more or less talk about measures put in place to protect the more vulnerable like the young women.
- How can young people within civil society work to decrease the risks of youth trafficking and abuse of young migrants?
With proper sensitizations, workshop, conferences and symposiums on the topic of youth migration particularly illegal migration.
Meanwhile, free and better education must be provided for youths and employment facilities for youths both abroad and home country. Most, if not all youths migrates because of better education or well paying or lucrative jobs. If international jobs are created for youths, the government will benefit because a percentage with be sent to the migrants government.
Can the use of information and communication technologies help in this respect?
Greatly
Section 3: Remittances
- Do you think remittances provide an effective source of growth for developing countries? Why (not)?
Yes, because the money will be use for developmental purposes if only the remittances in properly used by who so ever will be receiving it.
Should governments ease the process of sending remittances to home countries and reduce remittance fees?
No, because if only remittance fees are reduce, only the migrants, their families and close friends will benefit from the money they make in the host countries
- How can remittances from young migrants be put into more productive use in their home countries (for example, programs for local
development)?
Development of youth and vocational centers skill training centers. Funding of projects written by youth organizations, providing of free education for youths and adult education.
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