The left can no longer afford to bury the migration debate

The Guardian ^ | Wednesday October 31, 2007 | Jenni Russell

[TheLion]

Bttt!

[Kenny Bunk]

What politicians have to address is that workers will inevitably be attracted here as long as we have jobs to offer.

It isn't really the work alone that brings people to prosperous, civilized countries, as the rush of immigrants to welfare ought to demonstrate to the logical. Life in the Third World is simply so ugly that just one glimpse of a color TV screen is enough to get people moving.

Repeat in any non-European language. "Anthing is better than this," and you'll be closer to what drives emigration from the planets hellholes.

[skeeter]

I’m envious of the British, that they can discuss this very important issue in such terms without some idiot cutting in and accusing them of being “malthusian”.