Foreign Aid And Migration

A lot has been said about the connection between immigration and foreign aid especially for developing countries and the developed countries (O 'Flaherty, 25). The article on Migration and Foreign Aid explores the subject further and makes the conclusion that there is a close association between the two. It emerges that there is a direct relationship between the size of immigrants’ population in a foreign country and the corresponding contribution of the host country towards development. The donor countries give foreign aid to the developing countries which are the source of the most of the migrants with the hope that if they develop, the number of the people desiring to move out of those countries will reduce. On the other hand, the immigrants …show more content…
The results were consistent with the anticipations of a high association between the two main important factors in consideration; immigration and foreign aid. The study was able to appreciate the important role played by other factors in determining the amount of external funding such as the level of commercial activities between the two countries and other relationships such as colonial ties. Countries that have close trading relationships and that were colonized by the donor country in consideration tend to attract a lot a considerable amount of funding when compared with those who do not …show more content…
Any person or institutions with the interest in exploring the area of foreign aid by donor countries and the corresponding immigrants from the recipient countries will find the article very relevant. Furthermore since issues concerning immigration have become of public interest in the majority of the developed countries and have as a result became important factors in politics, especially during campaign periods, the information in the paper, will be of great help. For example, in the United States of America campaigning process for the elections anticipated to take part later in the course of the year, a majority of the presidential candidates are carefully using the immigration debate to woo voters. Unfortunately, since many past terrorism activities and other incidences of violence have been associated with people who posed as immigrants to gain access to the country, many people are against immigration (Abrajano, Marisa & Zoltan 31). They are thus willing to support any contestant, who seems to be tough on the immigrants, and the net effect may be poor relationships between the donor and recipient countries and the amount of foreign aid may be affected