The other Migrant Crisis
Thousands of migrants risk their lives just to be in the United States. Most migrants from Africa and Haiti have decided to use all means in order to enter into the US. Yolanda, who is 7 months pregnant together with her husband, have passed through very many countries over the last three months. This was in a bid to gain easy entrance into the US without any complications at all. They have passed through Colombia, Ecuador, Brazil, Costa Rica, Peru and Panama, even though they are not passing through those countries tourists (Sasha, n.p). They have therefore boarded a lot of buses, and walked for very long distances in order to be able to move to the US. Yolanda is originally from Congo, but now they have been stuck in Costa Rica, in a border town commonly known as Paso Canoas, as they wait for their travel documents.
The high living standards and high employment opportunities in the US have really attracted most migrants who move into the country in such of greener pastures. On the other hand, most African and third world countries are currently experiencing economic pressures, high rates of inflation and high rates unemployment (Sasha, n.p). This consequently makes life unbearable thus forcing their citizens to move to developed countries, such as the US in such of a better life.
This problem can however be solved, if developing countries are able to sustain their economies and increase the rates of employment opportunities (Sasha, n.p). Sustaining the economy and increasing the rates of economy will consequently help in changing the living standards of the people in developing countries, and thus making them to work hard and achieve greater heights while in their home countries. In addition, the US should also work with developing countries, in a bid to provide a solution to this issue.
Work Cited
Sasha Darlington. The other Migrant Crisis: Thousands Risk Journey through Latin America. 2017. Print. Retrieved from: http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/19/americas/costa-rica-migration/index.html
