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Dear Friends,
For your attention , this are responses from Emmanuel for week 3
Happy reading!
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From: EMMANUEL GABARI
Date: 2008/10/1
Subject: WEEK 3 RESPONSE (EMMANUEL GABARI)
To: amunra44 (at) gmail.com, michael (at) ypwc.org
> > 1. Fostering more opportunities for legal migration
> What makes a temporary labour migration program beneficial
> for development? How can the capacities of developing
> countries be strengthened for them to negotiate partnerships
> and be viable partners on mutually beneficial labour and
> skills exchange? In your opinion do you think there exist an
> appreciable level of legal opportunities for youth
> migration? If there exist, how do you generally assess these
> opportunities?
Answer:
(a) Temporary labour migration could be beneficial for development if used
appropriately.
Some people migrate and refuse to return to their home countries.
Development can
Only come when there is a connection/exchange of human resources, financial
commitment, intellectual contributions that flows from the host countries to
the home/developing countries. When the government learns how to put
policies together
That can let young people have free access to migration opportunities and
also make
The home countries very conducive for them to also return and share their
wealth of
Experience, then labour migration could be beneficial for development.
(b) Capacity strengthening might have very little significance to both
countries because
Every country has its laws/rules that bind them as an entity. Ironically,
most countries would like to control the influx of people for security
reasons and also to avoid POPULATION EXPLOSION, which could also be another
problem instead of solution.
(c) Personally, I think there are very few legal opportunities for
youth migration. Apart from some countries' visa lottery (USA, CANADA
programs, etc) and maybe some opportunities for schooling abroad (which
sometimes, can be very expensive and almost for the rich who can avoid it),
there are very few opportunities for youth migration. Little wonder, young
people look for any means to travel abroad just to fulfil the desire that
he/she has also "been to".
> 2. Managing migration and minimizing the negative impacts
> of irregular migration
> What are the causes of youth involvement in irregular
> migration? What are the cause-effect links between irregular migration and
development? What have proven to be the most effective practices in curbing
irregular migration smuggling and trafficking among young people to the
mutual benefit of migrants and origin and host countries? What are the
capacity building needs of developing countries to manage irregular
migration?
Answer:
(a)
* I think the issue of youth involvement in irregular migration could be
termed as "survival of the fittest". They want to go "abroad" by all means
and at all cost. Let us face reality, there is EXCRUCIATING poverty in the
land and young people are forced to become bread-winners of their homes at a
very tender age.
* Following regular migration procedures could be very slow, time-consuming
and too "official" for the youth who wants to "check out" of town quickly
and make it big time "abroad". So some will prefer the "quick action"
approach, which sometimes get them into problems with migrating countries.
* The truth is that the youth are faced with stark reality of poverty,
inefficient polity/policies, lack of infrastructures and social amenities.
(b) There are so many cause-effect links between irregular migration and
development:
* They include loss of human resources, brain drain, exposure to health
hazards, loss of lives, missing very good opportunities in the home front (a
lot of youth run "abroad" in search of greener pastures and when deported
because of irregular migration procedures, they discover they have really
missed out and are actually backward because their home country would have
stepped up than when they left; their peers would have gone to school,
graduated and even work in good organizations with better salaries.
* There is always the problem in the development of home countries, when the
youth do not fill the vacuum and take their rightful place in their home
countries. It sets them backward and also affect the growth of the home
country.
(c)
* One of the the most effective practice in curbing irregular migration will
be, first and foremost to always do educative enlightenment campaigns to
tell young people that there is no place in the world that is COMPLETELY
easy.
* The youth should be encouraged to follow the right procedures of getting
genuine traveling documents.
* make developing countries have an enabling environment that is
"youth-friendly" and also live-improving to everyone in the country.
* The government of developing countries should begin to look at ways of
giving free education, opening more skills-acquisition/vocational training
centres, giving soft loans to the youth to set up small scale businesses.
(d)
* Same as some points raised above:
Improved standard of living, infrastructural development, good governance,
accountability of all political office holders, free education, etc.
Emmanuel Gabari,
Radio Kano Fm
Kano Nigeria
c/o No. 2 Ashton Road,
Kano 700001
Nigeria
+234 80 54383460
+234 80 36791020
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Kind Regards,
Michael Boampong,
(Executive Director)
Young People We Care (YPWC)
P O BOX SN 369, SANTASI-KUMASI.GHANA
michael (at) ypwc.org,mikenice22002 (at) yahoo.co.uk
+233-20-8278216,+233-242-970908
www.ypwc.org
Young People We Care (YPWC) is a registered youth-led and youth-focused,
non-profit organization that is headquartered in Ghana and has satellite
offices in the UK, Canada and USA. The organization is operated by young
people (ages 1530) and adult allies working on youth and development
related issues worldwide. At YPWC, we are passionate about sustainable
development, the realization of the Millennium Development Goals and the
promotion of a culture of peace and universal human rights for all. Visit us
at: www.ypwc.org
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