"It's too late to stop immigration of any kind, economic or otherwise (not that I would want to stop it, myself). That horse has left the barn. But it is possible to make it easier for people to stay in their own countries (because most people would prefer to live well in their own countries than to move to other countries for economic reasons), and this is what we should be doing." (Carol)...yes and no: it would be great if the inequality between nations began to greatly reduce - but capitalist/economic immigration/emigration IS not going to aid this process. If politicians in London, e.g., talk about quality and skilled immigrants, then the gap between our nation and the poorer nations will increase. We need my above GLOBAL REGULATIONISM, via a stronger UN (NOT US - we've had heaps of next-US-leader coverage here in England, but got hardly any about the newish UN leader).
And I say capitalist/economic immigration/emigration, Don, to distinguish it from other kinds - such as couples falling in love on holiday, medical reasons, etc.
And a couple of other critical posts (Don, Ruth!) since my last ignored the fact that it IS the act of immigration/emigration itself that I repeatedly question - and NOT any particular culture/race. I really do love the world being multicultural and again see REGULATIONISM as the good peaceful solution to keep it so.
Anyway, at least I didn't log-in to "WAVe couldn't rule a straight line"!