Thot Paper
Argument: Internal migration to Metro Manila poses threats both to the population’s health
and to the environment as well. It needs to be addressed not only by improving industrial
and environmental conditions of metro manila alone but also the conditions of the rural
areas so locals will not consider migrating to urban communities as their only option for
progress.
Outline:
Definition of internal migration
Migration has been practiced by humans ever since they have acquired the ability to walk on
across the globe, with the Homo erectus species being the first one to accomplish this task.
This prompted the spread of culture, information and the growth of civilizations and
communities. In the present era, with states and countries established, migration has evolved
into different types. One of which is internal migration, the type of migration in which a
person relocates to another area that is still within the state of his original residence
(National Geographic).
Internal migration in the Philippines
According to APCAD (2018), statistics show a dense percentage of population in internal
migrants varying in long distance movers and short distance movers. The former are those
who move in to a different province while the latter are those that only change the city they
reside in.
Factors of internal migration to manila
Philippine Statistics Authority considers economic, social, political and cultural factors in the
growing number of internal migrants. It was learned in reports that 2.9 million Filipinos have
changed residency from 2005 to 2010.
Moreover, it is observed that the urban population continuously rises in significant rates, and
in 2010, 41.9 million, 45.4% of the country’s population that year, reside in the cities. It is
expected, as the Philippines continues to be one of the fastest urbanizing country in the
Asia-Pacific region (APCAD, 2018), and with the current government’s “Build, Build, Program”,
the engine of industrialization and urbanization is hastened.
Statistics also show that the CALABARZON region leads in the reception of long distance
movers at 27.7% and Metro Manila follows at 19.7%. The two regions also dominate the
Gross Domestic Product ranking among the regions of the Philippines with NCR at the top
(36%) followed by CALABARZON’s 17% (PSA, 2018). Business establishments continue to rise
within the two regions, and it prompts Filipinos in the rural communities to seek job
opportunities and later on residence in the metro.
Another observed detail is the
Effects of internal migration
Possible solutions