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In some countries, if people need to find work, they have to move away from their families and their friends. Do you think the advantages outweigh the disadvantages?

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In some parts of the world, people must sometimes leave their countries,
families
 and friends in order to seek
work
.
While
 they obviously have a good reason to make
such
 a hard decision, I believe that the disadvantages outweigh the advantages. On the one hand, the great advantage is to be able to earn a living in another
country
. If they are unable to find
work
 in their own
country
, many men join the global migration of labour. Leaving their
families
, they become economic migrants, sending money home if they are able to find
work
. In France,
for example
, many migrant workers from North Africa
work
 in the construction or service industries, in order to support a family in their native
country
. If they had not moved to another
country
 and found
work
, their family would have remained poverty-stricken and without hope for the future.
On the other hand
, there are too many disadvantages if
this
 situation is allowed to continue.
Firstly
, local populations are sometimes prejudiced against migrants and their
families
, and so they find it difficult to integrate into society.
Secondly
, they may have to accept
work
 in the host
country
that is
 low-paid and labour-intensive, and a working environment
that is
 dangerous and unhealthy.
Finally
,
this
 movement of labour has consequences for developing countries. It results in the disappearance of traditional ways of life,
the
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 destruction of ties of kinship and close-knit
families
,
while
 economic activity is left in the hands of an
aging
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 population. The loss of the youngest and most active members of the community is incompatible with a sustainable future for that county. In conclusion,
although
 workers and their
families
 may be forced to move abroad in order to improve their lives, the drawbacks outweigh the benefits.
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