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Addressing the issue of migration is undoubtedly one of the most complex challenges many nations face, as it involves receiving people into their territory who are generally fleeing various types of conflicts in their home countries.
However, many people are unhappy about the arrival of immigrants because they feel that, in some way, they threaten the way of life of the inhabitants of the country they are entering.
But opinions regarding the presence of immigrants in a given country are often myths, which we will explain below.
**4 myths about migration**
Immigrants are an economic burden on the country
This has been proven false throughout modern world history, as migrants actually seek to achieve a better quality of life compared to what they had in their country of origin.
Therefore, their presence actually provides a boost to the economy of the nation they arrive in, since they immediately seek to find a job to earn a living.
Thanks to research conducted by the organization New American Economy (which researches and advocates for immigration policies at the federal, state, and local levels in the United States), it was determined that migrants in this country pay many millions of dollars per year.
Furthermore, they have a greater tendency to start businesses compared to other groups of migrants living in the United States, which is why they easily become taxpayers and wage earners in the U.S. economy.
Migrants will take away jobs
Many people believe that migrants will wipe out jobs in host countries, but this is false because, according to the UNHCR (UN Refugee Agency), these individuals actually contribute to the communities where they are received.
Likewise, the UNHCR states that migrants foster business solutions and innovate to the point that, in the long run, they become entrepreneurs.
Migrants leave their countries voluntarily
Refugees do not leave their countries voluntarily, but rather because the circumstances surrounding them force them to find another place to live.
The UNHCR has stated that the migration phenomenon stems from armed conflicts, political persecution, famine, and racism. Therefore, a refugee is a person trying to find a new opportunity to live.
It stated that “a refugee is someone who has lost everything and has no hope. A refugee is someone looking for a second chance.”
They can cause overpopulation in developed countries
According to UNESCO, this is false because the population in developed countries is actually declining, so migrants and refugees can help maintain the demographic levels necessary to support retirees in the countries they arrive in.
This is corroborated by the United Nations Population Fund in its Demographic Trends Report, which presents a population projection for more than 60 nations from the present until 2050, demonstrating that the population in these nations will shrink due to both lower fertility rates and emigration.
**How does immigration affect culture?**
Rather than affecting the host country's culture, it enriches it by fostering multiculturalism and the meeting of people with diverse cultural practices, as seen in the United States, where people with different cultural backgrounds—whether Latino, Asian, European, or others—live together.
**Why is immigration called illegal?**
Because migrants fleeing nations in conflict often arrive without any identification papers, such as a passport or any other document that can verify their identity.
However, this is an obvious situation given the serious sociopolitical circumstances these people face in their home environments, which force them to emigrate and debunk all the myths surrounding their actions.
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