Migration in Costa Rica

Nowadays it is so common to see people going to others countries, the principal reason is because they need a job and probably they did not find one that fit with their skills or interest, and it is not happens just to poor person, there are a lot of professionals that are trying to get a job in other countries as well. There are a lot of consequences caused by the migration and the main areas impacted are: economics, social, cultural and so on. Could this situation change nearly? And how can it happen?

First, I would like to mention some consequences that have been reflected in Costa Rica´s economic as results of migration. There are a lot of Nicaraguan and Colombians people working on streets; for example, a common place is on Central Avenue, and these kinds of illegal business are causing earning decrease in the legal business; so at the end, it is a direct impact in our economic system, because of these immigrants which send money to their families, this means that most of the money will not spend inside of Costa Rica.

Secondly, migration can affect our social and cultural environment; for example, Colombian people have different customs and some of them are completely divergent that Costa Rican´s. Other example where sociality had been impacted is neighborhoods, there are a lot of poor houses and an increase of the dangerous places, these things can be noticed just turning on the TV news.

Finally, could this situation change at all? Well, change at all is so difficult, but maybe the government can implement some alternatives in order to reduce the migration process. If Costa Rica continues receiving immigrants in the mid-time will be so difficult to control this situation and the whole country is going to be negative impact.

In conclusion, migration is causing too many social, cultural and economic problems; these cannot be eliminated at all and citizens have to learn to deal with this, but obviously could be great if the government makes something in order to minimize this situation.

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