Living and working abroad has been a life goal for many people who endeavors better opportunities. While it is often argued that the immigration experience brings several advantages such as highly paid full time jobs and quality of life enhancement, others believe that living in a foreign country has drawbacks including homesickness and being socially isolated from the community. This essay will examine both perspectives of the debate below.
On one hand, people choose immigration for the benefits it offers, mainly for higher quality of life. To explain, professionals from underdeveloped countries may suffer from inflation impact on their socioeconomic status, which affects their ability to cope with the soaring living expenses. As a result, and for example, a trend has been noticed among young Egyptian doctors who prefer to settle in the United States of America upon graduation. If they travelled, their potential income will allow them to afford daily life cost from apartment rent, car maintenance, health insurance, and other leisure activities.
On the other hand, living abroad far away from the home country often causes adverse affects for other people. To illustrate, the culture shock one may face upon arriving to new country, can lead to an intense emotional instability. Moreover, the social isolation feelings arises due to adapting to new traditions, regulations, and communicating with a second language. A clear evidence of this is a research study conducted by Imperial College London for immigration purposes, found out the over 50% of international students express emotions relevant to the homesickness within the first 6 month of arriving to the UK. Consequently, taking more time to be fully integrated into the British community.
To conclude, the immigration experience comes with several opportunities for a better quality of life which are mainly associated with financial success and growth. However, the public can not ignore the social and emotional challenges they will encounter, if they decided to leave their home countries.