positive effect on donor country: reduces overpopulation, money returned to family, reduces any unemployment problems, less pressure on local services, negative effect on donor country: mainly young leave resulting in unbalanced population, labour shortages arise, migrants from other areas may be needed, brain drain, positive effect on host country: provides a hardworking, motivated, workforce, fills a skills shortage, puts money into the local economy, provides taxes for the government, tend to be young, which can balance ageing population, negative effect on host country: puts pressure on services (eg: schools), results in housing shortages, cultural conflicts arise, resentment from locals as jobs taken by migrants, exploitation of migrants by local businesses,

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