Impacts on Donor Country- Mexico

Question 1

Positive- Birth Rate

Answer 1

The birth rate is lowered as most migrants are young men.

Question 2

Positive- Pressure on Resources and Employment

Answer 2

Less pressure on employment and resources – so more jobs, food water and shelter to go around

Question 3

Positive- Skills

Answer 3

If migrants return, they may do so with more enhanced skills which will benefit Mexico’s economy.

Question 4

Positive- Mexican Economy

Answer 4

Migrants earn US dollars and can send money home to Mexico which stimulates the economy - legal and illegal immigrants together send some $6 billion a year back to Mexico

Question 5

Negative- Economically Active Citizens

Answer 5

The Mexican countryside has a shortage of economically active people. Certain villages such as Santa Ines have lost two thirds of their inhabitants.

Question 6

Negative- Brain Drain

Answer 6

The more skilled, ambitious and educated Mexicans leave resulting in a ‘brain drain’.

Question 7

Negative- Mexican Workforce

Answer 7

Gaps in the Mexican workforce have to be filled by the elderly, reducing output and affecting the economy.

Question 8

Negative- Families

Answer 8

Families are split up as predominantly males leave, causing domestic stress and tension.