Illegal Immigration and its major Problems

One of the major problems that face the countries of the world today is that of illegal immigration[/linl]. In fact, illegal immigration poses one of the most serious threats to a country’s progress and stability. Not only does it threaten the security of the country with the possibility of criminals and terrorists sneaking in but also it makes the country support more mouths than necessary. Most of the illegal immigrants are unskilled workers who do not contribute much to the progress of the country. Canada and United States too face a lot of problems from the infiltration of illegal immigrants. In fact in 2008 the Canadian authorities had admitted to have lost track of around 41,000 people who were supposed to be deported.

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) had estimated in 2010 that around 25.5 to 32.1 million people of the 214 total international immigrants were illegal immigrants in the world. In the US, there are supposed to be around 11 million illegal immigrants according to a research carried out by Center for Immigration Studies (CIS) in 2008. In Canada, there is a dearth of any credible refugee screening process, and people continue to ignore deportation orders which have thus resulted in Canada having a high number of illegal immigrants, the number of which is even difficult to estimate. Another major problem Canada has to deal with is the influx of illegal immigrants from Mexico. The law and order situation in Mexico is not one to be proud of and Canada has a tough time warding off illegal weapons, drugs and terrorists from that country.

Illegal immigrants also do not get benefits which a normal citizen of the country gets and thus is forced to live his or her life in seclusion from the rest of the people. The problem of illegal immigration to one country is faced by most countries of the world and it is one area where countries need to sit and decide on ways to curb it, as uncontrolled immigration may have serious effects on a country’s economy.

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