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Higher fences, more vigilant surveillance, and increased policing will not be enough to address the increase in
migration
that is almost certain to result.
The lesson of the
migration
crisis in the Mediterranean is clear: Fortress Europe is not working.
Combine that with the ongoing political crisis over migration, and you have a recipe for deeper destabilization within the EU.
By easing restrictions on migration, developed countries could bolster their dwindling workforces with young people from developing countries.
The first, in pre-colonial times, included those who left as travelers, teachers, and traders; the second involved the forced
migration
of Indian labor as indentured servants of the British Empire; the third was the tragic displacement of millions by the horrors of Partition; and now we have the contemporary phenomenon of skilled Indians seeking new challenges and opportunities in our globalized world.
I would probably divide the fourth wave further into two distinct categories: highly educated Indians, often staying on after studies abroad in places like the US; and more modestly qualified (but often harder-working) migrants, from taxi drivers to shop assistants, who generally see their
migration
as temporary and who remit a larger share of their income to India than their higher-earning counterparts do.
But it will also require increased engagement by countries, cities, and industries on three key areas: resource management, disaster mitigation, and
migration.
Finally, we need better policies for managing human migration, much of it related to severe weather and droughts.
These developments have the potential to slow what, for now, has been a self-reinforcing
migration
away from the middle.
When Globalization Eats Its YoungPRINCETON – Evidence that globalization is reversing continues to pile up: trade and international capital flows are sluggish, and
migration
is increasingly being restricted.
One of those international organizations is the World Bank Group, which engages with countries to help protect the poor and vulnerable, improve resilience to refugee and
migration
shocks, and ensure inclusive and accountable service delivery.
For example, transnational
migration
flows should certainly be made easier and more attractive.
And
migration
is the issue that brings that prognosis home (not just metaphorically) to today’s angst-inspired nationalists.
Judging by their historical dynamics, commodity prices are at the beginning of a long weak period, while
migration
opportunities in the US and Spain largely disappeared after the 2008 financial crisis – and will probably be even scarcer under Trump.
In Europe, by contrast, sudden large influxes of political and economic refugees from the Middle East and Africa have had stronger political effects, with many experts speculating that Brexit was more about
migration
to Britain than about bureaucracy in Brussels.
But military action alone will not end the
migration
crisis – a crisis that, this year alone, has led to the deaths of more than 1,800 people trying to cross the Mediterranean from Africa.
Beyond its practical shortcomings, the EU’s military-based approach to the
migration
crisis is flawed, because it may appear to criminalize migrants and asylum seekers – desperate people who are fleeing violence and persecution at home – in the public mind.
The final key feature of a comprehensive strategy to address the
migration
crisis is the establishment of deeper ties with the African countries from which many asylum seekers hail.
Of course, the current
migration
crisis in the Mediterranean is not just a European and African problem; the United Nations and the broader international community also have an important role to play.
Being competitive, especially being competitive on external markets, was not something which was taken into account in the territorial distribution of productive forces, the designing of principles for
migration
and social policies, the economic structure and management forms.
To its credit, the European Commission also issued strong calls to member states for better legislation and practices concerning
migration.
The problem for Italian officials, as for the other governments concerned by the recent
migration
flows, is the pressure of right-wing populist parties, which no longer need to be on the defensive.
Yet
migration
continues to dominate political debate throughout the European Union.
Thanks to these measures, Europe has become a de facto fortress against
migration.
And, indeed, less educated and poorer groups tend to show the most opposition to
migration.
To see the benefits of migration, we need look no further than Kallstadt, a town of small-scale farmers in southwest Germany where Friederich (Fred) Trump – Donald Trump’s grandfather – was born on March 14, 1869.
But just one century later, emigration was no longer an option for people whose economic activity had suddenly become obsolete, not least because most countries had imposed tougher barriers against
migration.
Internal
migration
into dynamic metropolitan hubs is still a possibility, especially for young people.
Within the next decade, China’s leaders must design and implement reforms to combat corruption; support
migration
to cities (such as liberalizing the house-registration system); promote technological innovation; rebalance sources of economic growth; raise environmental and labor standards; and build the country’s social-welfare system, including health care, education, and social security.
Or will artificial intelligence replace the mantra of outsourcing and manufacturing
migration?
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