Impacts of Immigration on Economy, Trade, Poverty and Sending Country

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Introduction
Immigration is the international movement of people into destination country which they
are not natives or do not possess citizenship usually for permanent residence or temporary
employment. Several surveys conducted are in agreement that immigration is both beneficial to
both sending and the receiving country. The real impacts that immigration has on the economy
are mixed. With a lift of immigration barriers within many countries of the world, immigration
rates have increased. Different issues are coming up every day as a result of immigration.
History of immigration
Animals including human beings are known to have migrated all through the
evolutionary theory. Human migration can be stated to have begun with human movements from
cradle land to other continents. Across the border, immigration has become rampant in the 20th
and 21st century. The transition between these centuries has witnessed the significant
transformation in both the international relations and economic developments. This acts in favor
of immigration which explains the sudden changes (National Research Council and Committee
on Population 2009). The most significant number of immigrants is reported to live in the United
States. As a result, American society has been significantly affected.
Economic effects of immigration
Studies conducted previously have a consensus that high skill immigration makes the
native better off. According to David Card, the economic impacts of immigration are mild but on
average the native benefits from immigration. For instance, immigrants from developed
countries into developing countries are of great interest to the economy of developing countries.
A country like Kenya is encouraging high qualified Cuban doctors. The immigrant doctors are
expected to pass down some technological advancement in the healthcare department of Kenya.

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Out of this temporary immigration, the health services of Kenyan people will have been taken to
a whole new level. This implies development.
However, immigration does not come without adverse effects. Immigration hurts native
wage inequality. Wage inequality is propelled by the fact that immigration leaks the money
circulation in an economy. Low skill immigration has been linked to greater income inequality in
the native country. Immigration has substantial impacts on cultural diversity. This affects the
productivity of the native state (Dustmann and Frattini 2014). New culture introduced affects the
workflow which has direct negative impacts on production. However, the cultural diversification
is dependent on factors like age of immigrant, reason for immigration, a period of the stay among
other factors. Increasing rates of deportation have yielded to unemployment as the low skilled
labor market is weakened which is felt by both immigrant and the native citizen.
Impacts on trade and innovation
Immigration leads to greater trade in goods and services. Immigration barriers are
increasingly being lifted between countries for trade purposes. Immigration encourages trade
between nations. With continuous and a more stable flow of products and services, the
consumer's demands will be addressed. Immigrants usually bring new ideas and developments
which translate into new inventions in the native nation. With increased immigration,
technological advancement in both production and communication sectors are spreading quickly.
The globe is witnessing whole world transformations (Dustmann, Glitz and Frattini 2008). For
instance in Kenya, as a result of a high number of Chinese immigrants, the country has benefitted
from new road construction technologies which have seen the state develop regarding
infrastructure. Also trade between the Far East, Middle East, and Africa has significantly
improved. An active trade has been established between the Asian countries and the African