What is the root cause of mass migration?

A recent study conducted by MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) reveals that economic hardship is the main reason why hundreds of thousands of Central American citizens decide to migrate to the US, both legally and illegally.

The study is based on a survey of more than 5,000 people from Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

Here are some of the most important findings:

• Overall, most respondents see migration as the best alternative to address economic hardship.
• In 2021, 43% of respondents are considering migrating, an exponential increase from 2019, when only 8% of respondents were considering migrating.
• Of the 43% of respondents who are considering migrating, only 3% have concrete plans.
• Respondents explain that the main reasons for wanting to migrate are related to unemployment, low wages and minimum wage level in their countries.
• Other influential factors are food insecurity and economic instability.

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The study’s conclusions

The main conclusion of the study is focused on economic instability as the root cause of mass irregular migration. In fact, an MIT professor stated, “At the heart of what’s causing migration is that people don’t have enough money to provide for their basic needs”.

Let’s look at other important conclusions:

• The current government of the US should focus heavily on creating strategies and regional cooperative ties to improve economic conditions in certain Central American countries.
• Since improving economic conditions at a regional level is not the easiest task, the US could also optimize legal immigration routes so that Central American citizens can have access to a simple and effective immigration system. In this way, irregular migration levels would naturally decrease.
• Understanding that immigrants are an asset to the regional and national economy is imperative for the US to use its role as a first world country.
• The costs of irregular migration are excessively high compared to the costs of legal migration. Therefore, solving the problem of irregular migration would also help Central American citizens to invest in their well-being and not in illegal groups such as the so-called “coyotes”.

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What is the best alternative to have a successful immigration journey?

Well, to answer this question it is important to explain that the US immigration system is quite broad and has a large number of options available to all kinds of foreign communities.

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