push factors - mexico
medical facilities in mexico
poor - 1800 patients/doctor
pull factors - usa
medical facilities in usa
excellent - 400 patients/doctor
push factors - mexico
jobs in mexico?
gdp per capita?
low paid jobs
GDP/capita = $14406
pull factors - usa
jobs in usa?
gdp per capita?
well paid jobs
GDP/capita = $46860
push factors - mexico
education in mexico?
poor educaiton prospects - 72% secondary school enrolment
pull factors - usa
education in usa?
adult literacy rates = 99% - good college education
life expectancy of mexico and usa
72 and 76 years respectively
unemployment rate in mexico
40% unemployed
living standards - mexico
- unhappy life with poor living standards
- shortage of food
- poor farming conditions
- national avg poverty level = 37%
living standards - usa
- better housing
- bright light syndrome
bright light syndrome = mexicans attracted to bright lights in usa light a moth to a flame
the phenomenon where people are attracted to urban areas, particularly at night, due to the perceived allure of city lights, often symbolizing opportunity and a better lifestyle compared to their rural origins
employment in usa
- many jobs available for low paid workers such as mexicans
negatives impacts of the migration on usa
- illegal migration costs USA millions for border patrols and prisons
- migrant workers keep wages low which affects americans
- they cause problems in cities due to cultural and racial issues
- 68% of the 55000 foreigners in us prisons are mexicans
- money sent back to mexico by the immigrants is lost from the american economy. in 2014 >$25 bil was sent to mexico
Remittances are money or goods that migrants send back to their home countries.
negative impacts of migration on mexico
- brain drain
- many men emigrate, leaving a majority of women
- young ppl migrate leaving old and very young
- certain villages like Santa Ines have lost 2/3 of its inhabitants
- dependence of remittances can impair local initiative and create no incentives for ppl to move forward
- hundreds of illegal immigrants who cross into us from mexico have died in the scorching heat of arizona
- demand to enter usa has encourages criminal organisations to profit from this
women have trouble finding marriage partners
positives impacts of migration on mexico
legal + illegal immigrants send around 6 bil a year back to mexico
especially healpful considering avg weekly wage in parts of mexico is around 600 pesos, around 60 dollars. (about 1/6 of what immigrants make in usa)
reality of migration
people migrate because of perceived improvements in their situation. in reality the life that they will live in their country of destination is not always what they had hoped and in fact many people migrate back on their own.
census data from mexico and usa, the pew research center found that
- from 2009 to 2014, around a mil mexicans and their families returned to live in mexico.
- around 870000 went to us, about a mil came back, resulting in net outflow of 130000
