Effects of Rural-Urban Migration 1. As more and more people arrive in the urban centre, there will be insufficient jobs for them and the unemployment rate will increase 2. brings pressure on urban housing and the environment as migrants arrive from rural areas they live on the streets & makeshift sub- standard accommodation 3. Population growth in the urban centres also lessens the quality of life because it: destroys resources, such as water and forests, needed for sustenance 4. Over population of the urban centres thus encouraging and raising the rate of crime in the society