Disadvantages faced by country of origin

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 508.

Intervening obstacles

Pull Factors of the country of destination

· Better job

· Better salary

· Better schools and hospitals

· Peaceful and safe

· Friends and family already living their

· Shortage of money

· Language barriers

· Passport or visa issues

· Bad weather

· Transport delays

· Problems with housing

Advantages of emigration (country of origin)

· Reduced unemployment. El Salvador's is currently about 10%, but in reality it is probably much higher. There is also a lot of underemployment.

· Reduced pressure on schools and hospitals. It is estimated that there are 2 million migrants living in the US from El Salvador.

· Remittances sent by family and friends living abroad. Remittances go straight into the hands of the people, not the government. In 2010 it was estimated that El Salvador received $2.5 billion in remittances, shared between 22.5% of families.

· Improved relations with foreign countries e.g. El Salvador and US, in 2011 Barack Obama visited El Salvador

· Migrants may return home with new skills and knowledge of new technology

· Reduced birth and fertility rateand people in reproductive age range leave

· Often skilled and educated migrants leave 'Brain Drain'

· The dependency ratio increases as the economically active leave

· A dependency on remittances develops

· There maybe shortage of workers, especially during harvests

· Family separation