The EU collectively, which fears losing the global competition for high-productivity workers, is similarly trying to attract skilled non-EU migrants with a “talent pool” scheme aptly nicknamed “Tinder for jobs”. But a wave of fervently anti-immigration candidates are high in the polls ahead of the European parliamentary elections this year. If Trump is re-elected in 2024, his repulsive comments about undocumented immigrants poisoning America’s blood will also create expectations of a general clampdown.It has never been about high skill immigration because they've been letting in wave after wave of welfare-using migrants. High skill labor doesn't go on welfare. The average immigrant into the West is using welfare at much higher rates than natives.Perhaps, particularly in the UK, the tough-on-refugees, soft-on-workers game is up. Audiences have worked out the trick and are heckling the conjuror. But if the alternative is taking the risk of actually being honest with voters, governments might think it’s worth trying the well-practised ruse once again.
Out Like a Lamb
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FEEDThe week ahead will wrap up the meat of the earnings season, with
Amazon (Tuesday) and Apple (Thursday) being the highlights.