Leaving the Mother Countries

Leaving the Mother Countries

People leave their mother countries for several reasons. It could be for money, for blood ties, or because their life is in danger. Nancy Kleniewski explains in her book Cities, Changes and Conflict: A Political Economy of Urban Life that, “When we examine the cause of immigration on the micro level, we find that people have three major reasons for emigrating from (or leaving) their native countries: to avoid political persecution, to join family members, and to look for work” (177). Economically, it is pretty obvious that the biggest motivation of migration is the necessity for a better life, and in consequence people leave their countries to get a job. For some people, any job is enough reason to move on and leave everything behind; even in the “macro level” getting a job is the most important thing. In addition, when people migrate, for example to the United States, usually they bring along their children, spouses, and relatives. Also, friends from around their neighborhood are attracted to come. Anyway, not all people who come to the U.S. want to stay. These are called “sojourners.” They just want to make some money to bring it back to their countries of origin to live comfortably over there. On the contrary, the “settlers” do not want to go back, and they set up here permanently. Moreover, people also migrate for political reasons, known as “refugees.” The term refugee is ambiguous, since a person is considered a refugee if the country that the person is coming from is an unfriendly country of the U.S., but if that country is a friendly one, that person would be considered an “economic immigrant.”
Additionally, the root why people migrate is based on the effects that globalization is causing to these countries. Kleniewski exposes: “Some evidence shows that global economic institutions are contributing to the weakening of protective legislation as national governments deregulate their economies.” She also gives an example of an organization, saying that:...

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