Migration
Migration, that is, human bleeding, has its advantages and disadvantages. It is an important system in building a nation, bringing the world closer to one another with respect and opening channels of social relations to get acquainted with and exchange cultural, security, health, technical, industrial, commercial, tourism and political cooperation.
Likewise, migration has many types and each type has its time, cause and purpose. The type of migration takes place according to the time of the era and the degree of advancement of peoples’ society in their laws and rule. It pushes people to migrate from their places and lands to liberated countries rich in natural resources and prosperous in their industry, commerce, science and economy for work and improving their social status. Sometimes they flee because of civil unrest, disobedience, neglect, natural disaster, fighting, fear, war, oppression…
Types of Migration
The types of migration are limited to the following migrations:
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Peaceful migration: It is of two types, the first migration – it takes place in peace time from one country to another. When a prosperous country needs to increase its population, the labourer power, the professionals, the specialists, the investment and the capital.
As for the second migration – it takes place within the country or continent according to the prosperity of the places and regions in it, to improve the social and economic situation of citizens. With regard to this matter, the state of the country must draw attention to its policy and the balance of the socio-economic housing situation, in order for the country to grow and relieve the pressure on the local infrastructure, build housing
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and increase the availability of work and social services. The most important thing is to revive remote areas and flourish their science, health, agriculture, industry, trade and tourism, instead of letting local migration and the region die, thus strengthening the local population, transportation, tourism and encouraging investment and job creation.
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Hostile migration: Was taking place in past eras, at a time of conquest, fighting, crime, discovery, land acquisition, the expansion of the invader’s canons and promoting the philosophy of its civilization. But it has taken place in modern times of elevation and civilization and it is still done to enslave human beings, plunder their property, suppress their liberty and promote the philosophy of its culture.
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Frightened migration: It usually takes place during a civil war or when the country is engaged with external war and is about to fall to the enemy’s regime and the occupation of its land and the persecution of some of its nationals.
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Exploratory migration: It usually takes place from rich, powerful and advanced countries to discover the unknown world or the weak backward world and build their civilization on the land that falls in their grip of power or to improve and expand their discoveries and scientific studies.
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Itinerant migration: It is the most popular of its people, such as nomads, Bedouins and shepherds who own livestock. For example, those who came to the Middle East in ancient times, specifically to the Arabian Peninsula, the fertile plains of Syria and the lowland of Canaan in Southern Lebanon – Phoenicia. Also, wandering gypsies from one country to another.
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The malicious disturbed migration: It is one of the most dangerous migrations because some of its people are terrorists, criminals and conspirators, under the pretext of political asylum and human rights. It is a suitable opportunity for them at the time of chaos and rush to infiltrate among the displaced peoples to enter the target country and carry out their destructive and criminal acts.
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The guilty migration: it is forbidden and illegal. It poses a threat to the national security of the country in terms of health, work and security. It is carried out by traitors/agents
from inside and outside the country to smuggle people in exchange for huge quick profits, in the ‘human trade.’ Sometimes its operation is linked to members, presidents, ministers, politicians and high officials in the country and abroad, to increase the number of their followers in their political party movement. Or it is done secretly out of the desire of a capitalist to work in his industry with wages lower than the official national salary.
Advantages of Immigration
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The advantages of immigration are:
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Receiving immigrants to increase the population of the host country.
Improving and strengthening the bloodline of human race in marriage.
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Benefiting from the experiences of immigrants.
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The multilingualism of immigrants and their different schools, which are of benefit of the hospitable country. It’s an opportunity for the emerging generations to learn additional languages that help them in the work of their affairs on the national and international stage; in political, industrial, commercial, tourism and scientific relations…
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Building bridges and good relations with immigrant countries.
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Improving the economy in terms of exports and imports, the growth of agriculture, trade, industry and the increase in the movement of transport, travel and tourism.
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Benefiting the country of immigrants and improving social and living life in it from the expatriate’s experience in investing and developing new advanced projects.
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An increase in the degree of culture, art, health and sports. And the development of the construction movement, modern urbanism and industry in the hospitable country and sometimes in the mother country.
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An improvement in the diversity and arrangement of hospitality, parties, cuisine, fashion, art of presentation…And creating job opportunities and productions in the hospitable country.
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Disadvantages of Immigration
The disadvantages of immigration are:
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Loss in the immigrants’ country of its labourer power, professions, educated brains and the decrease in the population.
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The difference and plurality of religions, customs, upbringing and contradiction in understanding the culture of the host country’s society.
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Dividing the hospitable society, as a single whole society, a ‘holistic society,’ with the arrival of new immigrants into diaspora associations, cantons and ethnic institutions.
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The residential demographic grouping of immigrants and their adherence to their customs, their upbringing and their religion…And their separation from the hospitable society as a whole due to the difficulty of language and social integration.
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The dissolution of the ethnic immigrant into the society of the host country.
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Difficulty understanding the laws and regulations of the host country.
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Wasting time for the immigrant’s life and the difficulty of rebuilding his new life in a foreign society.
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Transferring political and social problems with immigrants from their home country to the host country and promoting them in a wrong, inappropriate manner, against the laws of the host country.
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