The human life is stil on the move and will continue in the future too. This movement is called migration.
Migration is a way to move from one place to another in order to live and work. Movement of people from their home to another city, state or country for a job, shelter or some other reasons is called migration. Migration from rural areas to urban areas has increased in past few years in India.
Nowadays, many people decide to migrate to have a better life. Employment opportunities are the most common reason due to which people migrate. Except this, lack of opportunities, better education, construction of dams, globalization, natural disaster (flood and drought) and sometimes crop failure forced villagers to migrate to cities.
Migrants
People who move from one place to another in search of work or shelter are called migrants. Most of the times migrants people are not skilled or educated therefore they usually employed as daily wagers (workers who are paid at the end of each day, for their services). Daily wagers do not get enough money for the survival of their families and suffering from many problems such as they do not have enough food to eat, sanitation, hygiene, a proper place to live etc.
Impacts of Migration
Migration is becoming a very important subject for the life of cities. Many opportunities and attraction of big cities pull large numbers of people to big cities. Migration can have positive as well as negative effects on the life of the migrants.
Positive Impact
Unemployment is reduced and people get better job opportunities.
Migration helps in improving the quality of life of people.
It helps to improve social life of people as they learn about new culture, customs, and languages which helps to improve brotherhood among people.
Migration of skilled workers leads to a greater economic growth of the region.
Children get better opportunities for higher education.
The population density is reduced and the birth rate decreases.