Category: Migration
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What is Migration: Causes, Characteristics, Types and Effects
Migration refers to the process of moving from one place to another for reasons like seeking economic opportunities, political persecution, environmental factory, terrorism so on and so forth. This article will deal with a detailed explanation of migration, its causes, characteristics, types and effects. Ever since the beginning of time, humanity has been on the…
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International Migration brings Economic gains. What benefits of migration have India enjoyed so far? Does Migration reduce cultural cohesion? What are the broad 21st-century observations?
Throughout human history, migration from one’s country has had numerous notions, not only in the migrant’s society but also in the country that is hosting the migrant. There are a plethora of reasons for people to migrate, some positive and unfortunately, some negative. Positive reasons for migration could include economic reasons like job opportunities, reduced…
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4 Major Theories Of Migration: Explained with Examples
Migration The process of migration has been accompanied by the advancement of Industry and Urbanisation. It is not a new phenomenon, people migrate to different places for any reason. It began after the human settlement. The primitive hunting and gathering people migrate to new places in search of food and water. But the modern migration…
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Conceptualising a New Sociology of Pandemics
ABSTRACT: Over the last year, the entirety of the world was made to come to an unprecedented stand-still. Naturally, plenty of attempts have been made to understand the nuances of this event called the COVID 19 pandemic from the lens and purview of social institutions such as the scientific, technological, medical and public health entities….
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Social Impact of Migration, Negative and Positive Effects
Migration, directly and indirectly, has a social impact on the family whether migration is by rural or urban class, or from long distance or short distance. The migrants make efforts to keep in touch with their families by either visiting once in a while or moving back to the rural place for some time after…
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Social Effects of Remittances From Migration
It is mostly an individual of the family who migrates to the place of destination and not the whole family. So the decision might be taken by the whole family to send out a capable person who could earn efficiently and support the family. The individual then sends back remittances to his family back in…
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Migration: Social Consequences, Advantage, Disadvantages and Host country
There are two consequences that occur due to migration. One is the negative aspect and the other being positive. The negative aspect is that because the rural population shifts to urban areas, the problem of unemployment increases there because there are limited jobs, resources etc. If the urban sects will think of employing rural people…