The immigrant experience and challenges of being an outsider

Considering this perspective, both the socio-cultural as well as the economic factors have a closer association with each other and in some cases, they can operate differently. Making an analysis of the immigrant’s mode of life, it’s generally significant to pinpoint that, followed by multiple problems which are facilitated by both the socio-cultural factors and the economic factors as well. Considering the economic factors, Migration will benefit both the receiving state and the sending state (van der Mensbrugghe & Roland-Holst 2009). In the receiving country, the wealth gain is mainly facilitated by the immigrants in a greater way. The immigration will, in this case, boost the labour supply and consequently it will adjust the level of employment, production and also raising the GDP level (Ortega and Peri 2009). Following the social tension brought up by the immigrants in the destination countries either due to the decrease of job opportunities or increment in crime rate; the local people begin to dislike them.

The immigrants face the challenge of dislike whereby the local people put all the blame for the negative instances such as crimes in their country to the immigrant. They view the immigrant as the cause of all troubles and bad happening that their country is facing. Another major challenge that the immigrant is encountering in the destination country is mistreatment and torture. The local people take the advantage of the immigrant by denying them their right as human beings. “It wasn't a question," says the actor, who has two older sisters. They just wanted me to be happy. Kwok-Choon was worried about the sacrifices that were made by his father after they became Canada residents. Kwok-Choon really recognized the feeling in a bigger way. He wondered if he could sustain the kinds of hardships that his father was undergoing in Canada.

Have you read ‘The Rise of the Coloured’ by this man Goddard”? Tom proceeds and he claims that Goddard’s theory has been proved scientifically. He goes ahead, “This fellow has worked out the whole thing. It’s up to us, who are the dominant race, to watch out or these other races will have control of things. ” Tom believes that the dominance only belongs to the white race and this clearly indicates that he is a racist. Between the 19th and 18th centuries, the American immigration reached its highest peak. If not threats, the immigrants are physically tortured so that they can be discouraged from dwelling in that country. In King Lear by Shakespeare text, there were riots in London that emerged in the years between the 1590s and the early 1600s.

The riots were against the increased influx of immigrants in London. “The rioters wanted the immigrant to be expelled and threatened to cut their throats if they continue dwelling there”. Considering all that has been discussed above, we can conclude that the immigrant faces a lot of challenges in the destination country that is both economic and social-cultural quagmires. United Nations Development Program, New York. Van der Mensbrugghe, D. D. Roland-Holst. ―Global Economic Prospects for Increasing Developing Country Migration into Developed Countries. com/cr?IG=DC351107829C41418EB6F39DE720761B&CID=2283C600BDF165F916E6CDEEBC5E6443&rd=1&h=n4q0MjMw7ecpkd8mgKv5olD0P7vP6hPCxAd4UyCO0N4&v=1&r=http://siteresources. worldbank. org/TOPICS/Resources/214970-1288877981391/Migration&Development-Ratha-GFMD_2010a. pdf&p=DevEx. LB.