SOCIO-ECONOMIC EFFECTS OF EMIGRATION TO SOUTH AFRICA IN THE CASE OF DOYOGENA WOREDA, KEMBATA ZONE CENTERAL REGION

ABSTRACT Emigration affects socio-economic development of People’s influenced by it. The main goal of the concerned to examine the key factors that led to emigration from the Doyo Gena Woreda and its socioeconomic effects. To accomplish this goal composed qualitative and quantitative research design were applied with primary and secondary data sources. Preliminary data was collected from migrant sending, non-sending and labor social Affairs Bureaus from study area. Secondary data were collected from relevant literatures, documents, internet and books. The data was gathered purposively from three selected Keble‘s Bakafa, Dinika and wonijala from Kembata zone Doyo-Gena Woreda. The tools used to gather the primary data were questionnaires and interview/FGDs guidelines. Total 194 respondents were selected for survey questionnaire by simple random sampling method. Descriptive statistical method was employed to analyze quantitative data by using SPSS whereas qualitative data was analyzed using narration and description to triangulate reliability and validity with quantitative data. The result of the study express that labor power emigration was dominated by productive aged 18-54 at the level of secondary school. The result of the study express cause and socio-economic effects of illegal emigration due to lack of job opportunity, peer pressure, poverty, unemployment, lack of skill to create job, population density with agricultural land shortage, brokers, lack of commitment for local government to create works were the key push factors of migration. The finding of study show that flow of remittance, creation of job, better life and poverty reduction were positive effects of migration whereas income inequality among people, dependency on remittance, brain drain, school dropout were adverse effects of migration in the study area And the study recommended that Schooling for learner should be good provider of quality of education at beginning from preschool to create future talent learn, government should think critically to balance employment salary with market price level and work to stay productive aged human resources, Idir leaders and idir members should put local rule and regulation for do not provide services when migrant migrate may happened death they cross different territory, The Ethiopian government should open legal way for migrants, the government must apply strong legal punishment on smugglers and indirect supporters of emigration.