Question

Do you think that there is a limit to the number of migrants a society can absorb that is less than the state's and economy's capacities to care for the newcomers?

• Which factors do you think accounts for this?

Answer 1

There is a limit to which a society can absorb a number of migrants but it is not less than the state’s and economies capacities to care for the newcomers.

On the contrary, the number of people who end up migrating are more than what a state and economy can absorb.

The factors affecting this-

1. Employment- There are less number of jobs available in underdeveloped areas from which people usually migrate to big cities in order to find employment. The number of migrants are more than the availability of jobs present in developed areas though.

2. Healthcare- There is almost no health care facilities available in the villages from where the people migrate if we consider a developing country. They migrate in order to get better healthcare facilities. The states sure have plenty of clinics and hospitals but due to increased number of people looking for treatments, the services of such institutions have increased but people usually find a waiting time in hospitals due to this.

3. Education- People migrate in search for better educational facilities for their children. Due to this increased demand of education, educational faclilities are getting expensive day by day.