1. An Activity of ILO- ASEAN TRIANGLE PROJECT
MODULE 1
POSITIVE & NEGATIVE
EFFECTS OF
MIGRATION
An Activity of ILO- ASEAN TRIANGLE PROJECT
ATIKHA

2. OBJECTIVES
Understand the positive and negative impacts of migration on yourself, your families and your communities;
Appreciate your role and contribution both- positively and negatively - to your own development and to your family and society; and
Identify gender-specific differences in the migration experience of men and women 1 2 3

3. HOPES AND DREAMS
IN GOING ABROAD

4. MIGRATION REALITIES

5. MIGRATION REALITIES PROCESS COSTS ADJUSTMENTS
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ADJUSTMENTS

6. Positive and Negative Effects of Migration
MIGRANT
FAMILY
COMMUNITY & COUNTRY

7. POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF MIGRATION
WORKSHOP:
POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF MIGRATION

8. EFFECTS OF MIGRATION POSITIVE Able to see places and learn new culture
Learn new skills
Learn new language
Become independent
Develop leadership
Become an entrepreneur
Financial Independence
Gain more friends
MIGRANT

9. EFFECTS OF MIGRATION NEGATIVE Overworked No savings
Lonely for family back home
Feels guilty for leaving family
Incur debt for sending money home
Cannot come home
Family break-up
Alienated with children and spouse
Abused
Feel discriminated
Inability to practice profession, drained brains
MIGRANT

10. EFFECTS OF MIGRATION POSITIVE Increase income from remittance
New Home/ Home repairs
Education of children
Afford Basic needs of family
Children learned to be independent and learn housework
Spouse more nurturing to children
Buy gadgets
Afford appliances
FAMILIES

11. EFFECTS OF MIGRATION NEGATIVE Dependency on remittance
Family break-up/gap/alienation
Extra-marital relations
Drug addiction of children
Early marriage
School drop outs
Daughters and wives are sexually abused by relatives
Luxurious lifestyle
Children/Family become conscious of imported goods
Children exploited/abandoned
FAMILIES

12. EFFECTS OF MIGRATION POSITIVE
Increase buying capacity of the community
Increase business
Development from construction of new homes for migrants
Increase Capital for education of its population; more schools
Increase Capital for health; more health facilities
Donation for social service in the community
Economic empowerment of women (feminization of migration)
COMMUNITY
& COUNTRY

13. EFFECTS OF MIGRATION NEGATIVE Increased culture of dependency
Culture of migration
Drain on human resources of the community
Dysfunctional families due to long-term separation
Increased social problems such as drug addiction, incest, family conflict
Increase incidence of HIV-AIDs
Stereotype role of girls/women doing housework persist
Triple burden of women
Migration not contribute to increase jobs and opportunities in the area
COMMUNITY
& COUNTRY

14. Do male migrants experience different positive and negative impacts than women migrants?
Migration can bring about both
positive and negative changes in gender roles
and in the organization of the household.
Women’s migration is not the cause or the solution to gender issues but it reveals existing inequalities between men and women.

15. Financial education for asean migrants
Maximize the positive effect of migration by learning how to budget save and invest
Minimize the negative impact of migration by addressing family issues as a result of long-term separation

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