The Immigrant Dilemma (Genre: International Relations)

Immigrants are as old as life itself. An immigrant makes a change of his place of life and works due to one or various reasons such as economic, political, educational, medical, business, professional, marriage and so on to help the new society he moves to work and live.

In fact, we can safely believe that places like North America, Australia and New Zealand are lands of immigrants as the immigrants have given new lives to the old societies of each of these places because this is a historical fact.

It is a big thing for all immigrants to make a move as it involves emotional and rational changes. Whether there are cultural shocks or not, it is for sure a fact that the adjustments one has to make to his life are often substantial.

It can be an easy or difficult thing and depends both on the host population and the person himself. While some places are more hospitable in today's terms for making a transition others are not. Hence an increased understanding needs to be brought to different communities to achieve a state of complete harmony.

The immigrant faces a dilemma. It is to go away than live at a place where he is not satisfied and does not see his merit recognized or go to a place which is new and unknown to him. Also what counts in this are the family members who would need to care and would make the move with him.

A safe immigration that has a productive result is often the result of planning, will-power,
dedication-to-the-cause and connections who together with luck, frame the outcome. The dilemma that the immigrant faces also has to do with convincing the people of his new country of his utility, skills and nature so that he can get accepted in the mainstream without losing his own culture.

It has been easier for immigrants to move to prosperous nations like the US, UK, Canada, Australia and New Zealand over the last 50 years. Moving to mainland Europe has relatively been difficult due to many reasons including economy and unfriendliness of the society. As such, "Multiculturalism," has been a failure in Europe, to add to the woes of the needy.

It should be borne in mind, however that the reason why many immigrate to G8 countries is that the living conditions in home countries are very bad, being the result of imperial rules in days gone by, in those countries and hence the G8 countries should be liberal in a bid to undo the past.

The dilemma is a reflection of the fact that nothing is easy especially when you are moving

cross-culture and hence what can help a person are his own nature and personality as it will help him develop a fairness of character and outlook. Governments of countries that intake immigrants should allow them only if they can be provided with good lives and an environment that is friendly.
Immigrants have hopes and they should not be belied. 

The immigrants often have difficulty visiting their countries of origin owing to a number of reasons and hence this is a challenge that also needs to be addressed. The immigrants have on a number of occasions been ridiculed and humiliated and this should go away and moreover, they should be respected for the skills and knowledge they have to offer.

It is expected that immigration to the West and other parts of the world will continue and it actually is beneficial both to the newcomers and the society that accepts them because this is a win-win. Nothing is more important than containing this dilemma as it hinders world peace and prosperity and so international understanding is enhanced by its containment.