Migrant labour complexities

In the emerging markets, we see manual labourers or blue collar workers moving between countries to work in the agricultural, industrial or manufacturing sector which pay higher income. (Foreign construction workers being given food during the pandemic. - File pic)

FOR the longest time, developed nations around the world relied on labour from less developed countries to build up the economy and infrastructure.

Through influx and net migration, the United States was essentially a “new world” which congregated immigrants from all over the world. The iconic Statue of Liberty located on Ellis Island was the busiest immigrant inspection station where nearly 12 million immigrants arriving through the Port of New York and New Jersey were processed between 1892 and 1954.