Posted on 01/12/2005 7:49:46 PM PST by SunkenCiv
"I believe that Europe needs to identify clear conditions and rules for legal economic migration in order to fight illegal immigration", said Mr Frattini... Some, like Germany, insist on their exclusive right to decide the number of their immigrants... "Immigration in itself is probably not the solution to demographic change", Social affairs Commissioner Vladimir Spidla noted. But, he warned that if the immigration levels remain the same, the EU will face a shortfall of 20 million workers, between 2010 and 2030.
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America is headed in the same direction. The US population only increased 1% last year including legal and illegal immigrants.
Some geographic and industry sectors are already experiencing severe shortages of workers.
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