Emigration From Colombia: Nobody Wants A Empty Country
EMIGRATION FROM COLOMBIA: NOBODY WANTS A EMPTY COUNTRY
International migration is not a new phenomenon, comes from centuries ago, from the same Bible stories, through the formation of the Nation-State, conquests and colonies; And above industrialization that made many people leave their countries of origin.
Likewise migration affects some regions more than others, both regions of origin (where migrants leave) as a recipient regions (where arrive migrants).
The regions' best known as recipients of migrants are Europe and North America. For this reason is that international migration has reached an importance and a global dimension, which is already on the agenda of the various states, governments and international agencies; But all of them no matter their ideologies share a COMMON CONCERN: to control migration flows as these generate social and economic problems such as unemployment, poverty, extreme poverty, insecurity and overpopulation.
And that is the central theme of this essay, which wants to look at how immigration affects the social and economic scenario of Colombia. Make a special emphasis on the effects of emigration; we will understand why migratory movements are so complicated.
The Colombian Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo expressed that emigration generates in Latin America "phenomena such as the flight of human capital and leisure paid family provided for a worker who has emigrated" (Araujo, 2007) This is nerve-racking for Colombia as well as to Latin America which suffers from the same situation.
"Las personas migran por el sudor y las lágrimas provocadas por la ansiedad. Por un sentimiento que carcome de que, no importa qué tanto trabajen, su esfuerzo no será recompensado, y que lo que construyen en un año será destruido por otros en un día. Por la impresión de que el futuro está bloqueado, que ellos estarán bien pero no sus hijos. Por el sentimiento de...
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