University of Basrah Organizes an Awareness Workshop on External Migration and its Effects
College of Education for Humanities at University of Basrah organized an awareness workshop entitled (Features of External Migration: Causes and Effects) in the presence of Dr. Haider Khazal Al-Kaabi, the President Assistant of the University for Administrative Affairs.
The workshop aimed to identify the causes of migration and the political, economic and social consequences resulting from it.
The workshop, which was moderated by Dr. Abbas Abdul Hasan Kazim and Dr. Osama Hameed Majeed, addressed the concept of illegal migration, its causes and how to reduce it due to the various effects that migrants are exposed to, which may lead to loss their life.
The President Assistant of the University for Administrative Affairs stated that the phenomenon of illegal migration is a global phenomenon that is not limited to Iraq or poor countries only, but most countries in the world suffer from it and target the youth in particular, and we must work to reduce it and address it by giving a leading role to young people in society, providing them with job opportunities and strengthening the national identity.
The Assistant added that we should not forget the role of the media and academic institutions in focusing on this dangerous phenomenon and explaining its psychological, social and physical effects, which reach violence and detention and are punishable by Iraqi law.
Department of Media and Government Communication
