Migration of people: Pros and cons

Abstract

The article reviews the causes of migration of people, influencing factors, types of migration, examines the positive and negative impacts of migration on the home countries of people and on their host countries. It presents statistical data related to migration of people in various countries. The authors examines the advantages and disadvantages of migration of people at following three levels: initial home countries, the host countries and people themselves. According to the author, the groups of migrants can be divided into the following 4 blocks based on the level of migration: 1.people go abroad planning to come back and they return to their homeland; 2.people go abroad planning to come back, but they do not return; 3.people go abroad not planning to come back, but they return to their homeland; 4.people go abroad not planning to return and stay there forever. The author proposed a conceptual model of migration of people and describes possible related scenarios, such as: win-win-win scenario; win-win-lose scenario; win - lose-lose scenario; lose-win-win scenario; lose-lose-win scenario; win-lose-win scenario; lose-lose-lose scenario.