http://www.wfp.org/country_brief/hunger_map/map/hungermap_popup/map_popup.html
Take a look at this map... it lists the countries of the world according to the percentage of their populations that suffer from hunger and undernourishment.
Now take a look at this one:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2e/Net_migration_rate_world.PNG
This one shows the "net migration rate" by country. Countries in blue are receiving immigrants, while countries in red are sending them.
If you look carefully, you'll see there is a clear correlation between the two maps.
Countries that appear in green in the first map (very low undernourishment) are receiving immigrants. Countries that appear in yellow, orange or red (moderate and high undernourishment) are sending them
The immigration issue is happening because of two reasons:
Firstly, as I have shown above, the crippling poverty and hunger in most of these countries.
Secondly, our unwillingness to punish corporations that hire illegals.
2007-07-11
08:49:43
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Politics & Government
➔ Immigration
To solve the issue, we need to start punishing corporations that BREAK THE LAW and hire these people illegally.... that will remove their incentive to emmigrate (jobs).
Then, we need to work out, internationally, a real solution to solve the crippling hunger and poverty in these nations.
As long as there are poor and hungry people in the third world, and able to find jobs here, they will keep immigrating.
2007-07-11
08:49:54 ·
update #1
A wall won't be enough to stop them if they are hungry, that's my point.
And may I remind you that sometimes we have only helped to make things worse in those countries, for example NAFTA has ruined millions of Mexican farmers.
2007-07-11
09:00:12 ·
update #2