Impacts on Receiver Country (Ivory Coast)

Cards (7)

  • Increased workers for agricultural businesses. ​
  • Increased population means increased tax paid to the government which can be reinvested into services.​
  • Migrants are more willing to do jobs locals don't want such as working in gold mines (dangerous).​
  • Discrimination against Burkinabe leading to social exclusion.
  • Unemployment for Ivorians.​
  • Shortage of affordable housing leads to areas of cities becoming slums.
  • Cost of providing services for migrants increase (schooling, healthcare).​