How diasporas economically impact their homelands
Image source: countrynavigator.com Globalization has paved the way to a limitless mobility of people from around the world to move and find refuge, be it for political or economic security, from their country of heritage to a foreign land. Diasporas have made some of the world’s biggest cities into huge cosmopolitan centers, serving as melting pots for a great diversity of cultures, backgrounds, and ways of life. Cities like New York, London, Dubai, and Hong Kong have a substantial percentage of expatriates living and working within their boundaries. Although the motivations of such mobility may be personal , there are ways in which groups in diaspora unknowingly help their countries of origin, especially in terms of social and economic impact. This is because they maintain their connections to their homeland and in many instances, they preserve a legal identity as well as establish a socioeconomic presence in their country of origin. In turn, this type of migration h...