What are the consequences of forced migration?

Answer 1

Citizens complaining about migrants stealing their jobs.

Demographic Consequences

Migration may have profound effects on the size, structure and growth

patterns of populations. Migration has effects on both the populations of the

places that people leave and on the populations of those in which they settle.

These effects vary with different types of migration and the length of migrants'

stays in places. The absence of large numbers of either men or women may

have a limited impact on the sending society in the short term but if they are

absent for longer periods of time their absence will have significant effects on

population growth rates in the medium and longer terms.

Social Consequences

Migration may have important on the cultures and societies. Migration also

has effects on the cultures of both the places that migrants leave and those in

which they re-settle. These effects vary with different types of migration and

the lengths of time involved.

Economic Consequences

Migration can have significant effects on economies. Migration has impacts

on the economies that people leave and those in which they re-settle. These

effects vary with different types of migration, the skills of the migrants and the

lengths of time involved.

Political Consequences

Migration can have an impact on politics in both the places which people

leave and those to which they move. Governments will have to make policies

to attract migrants, to persuade migrants to return, or to limit migration to ensure that they have access to skills that they need. These political effects vary with different types of migration.

Health Consequences

Migration can have an impact on the health of the places that migrants leave

and those to which they move. In some cases, movements result in better

physical and mental health and longer life for migrants as a consequence of

diet changes, access to better health services and safer work. In others,

migrants' physical and mental health deteriorate and their life expectancies

are shortened as a consequence of low incomes, poor or unbalanced diets

and reduced exercise, psychological stress and dangerous jobs. In most

cases, the patterns of illness simply change with migration as epidemiologists,

who chart patterns of illness in populations, have shown.

Answer 2

Forced migration can lead to a range of consequences including loss of livelihoods, family separation, mental health issues, and increased vulnerability to violence and exploitation. It can also strain resources in the receiving communities and impact social cohesion.