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De:	dearest guyr [ Profil ]
Sujet:	Youth Migration - Week 1
Envoyé:	Aug 25th, 2006 - 13:48:44

	What are the main economic and social benefits and drawbacks of migration for young migrants and for their home and host countries? Do you think that the benefits of Youth migration outweigh the drawbacks? Youth migration has short term benefits and long term drawbacks. I say this because when a young man or woman migrates to a richer and more developed country, he/she is bound to make more money, live a better life and even send some money back to his folks back home. Again the young person in question is bound to earn some respect from his/her folks. Some of the drawbacks are that he is most likely not to be welcomed in his or her new found home in the best way because the new friends or neighbors might see the immigrant as an alien. He or she might also get low paid jobs and casual jobs instead of the high paid jobs that represent his/her status. There is this story of an economist who left Nigeria for Europe in search of greener pastures and ended up cleaning morgues in the mortuary. It is estimated that more than twenty thousand professionals and scientists are exported from Africa to Europe every year and this contributes to the brain drain in Africa, which finally leads to underdevelopment. It is also reported that 191 million people migrated in 2005 and that majority of them are adolescents. Apart from racism and the inability to get proper job opportunities, those that do return to their original states does that after they have spent the better part of their lives abroad. Some are even flown back dead and have little or nothing to contribute to National development. Who benefits the most from youth migration national governments, local communities or the young migrants themselves and their families? The young migrants themselves and their families benefit most from youth migration because they are the recipients of the short term benefits I earlier mentioned. What polices does your government operate to guarantee the right of young migrants? Are there special measures in place to protect the more vulnerable (for example, young women)? Nigeria is a country that have other people coming in and core Nigerians going out. This is because Nigeria has more money in circulation than most of her neighbors. Nigeria concentrates more on fighting against the illegal movement of young Nigerians out of its borders. It also upholds the right of young women to say no to trafficking and sex trade. How can young people within the civil society work to decrease the risks of youth trafficking and abuse of young migrants? Can the use of Information and Communication Technologies help in this respect? Young people and the civil society can help reduce the risk of youth trafficking and abuse by holding their governments responsible to their millennium development goals pledges. This is because if both north and south can deliver, then there will be no underdevelopment or gross imbalance in economies which is the major reason for migration. Again, young people can use ICTs to reach the general public to change their mind set and build their capacity towards community and National development. Leadership and Entrepreneurial skills and opportunities can also be disseminated by ICTs to expose positive platforms young people can build upon to create a better future for themselves and their communities. Do you think that remittances provide an effective source of growth for developing countries? Why (not)? Should governments ease the process of sending remittances to home countries and reduce remittance fees? Remittances do not provide the needed growth. It only provides a level of micro growth and reducing remittance fees will not have much impact on national growth but it is best to grab what is available at the moment. How can remittances from young migrants be put into more productive use in their home countries (for example, programs for local development)? Remittances from young migrants however small can be used to strengthen community development centers, charities, building of orphanages, small scale scholarship schemes for young people to attend school etc. Best regards, Theophilus Ekpon President, Youth Initiators Nigeria 234-8038600244 212-297-2714 212-316-8594 --------------------------------- How low will we go? Check out Yahoo! Messengers low PC-to-Phone call rates.

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