Jobs are the lifeblood for national economies and family budgets. The search for economic opportunity often drives people to move around the globe. The most educated and highly skilled workers are in demand, and immigration policies often reflect that priority. Less skilled would-be immigrants, however, are often subject to tighter restrictions – even in nations where native citizens refuse to take on harvesting, construction, cleaning or other difficult tasks. Advanced technology reduces the need for labor; employers also rely on outsourcing, contract workers and the internet for digital work, including tax preparation, X-ray analysis or graphic design. Nations fiercely compete for jobs while multinational corporations reduce labor costs to increase profits.

Vegetable Prices Set to Soar After Exodus of Illegals

A mass exodus of illegal farm workers in Malaysia puts farmers’ futures and vegetable prices at stake. Will the manpower be replaced before it’s too late?
August 8, 2002

Globalization True, and False

Globalization is not only about free movement of capital. It’s about the free movement of people, a fact the West resists.
Pulapre Balakrishnan
August 20, 2001

Sarkozy's Victory; Ca Y'est, C'est Fini!!!

With the election of Sarkozy, African nations should strive to revise their own immigration policies and slow the continent’s brain drain
June 5, 2007

Moroccan Immigrants, Spanish Strawberries and Europe's Future

To avoid any problems associated with illegal immigration, Spain’s farmers target mothers from Morocco for harvest jobs
Daniela Gerson
May 14, 2007