Reply #250: Thanks for that, but I know when I'm disturbed. BTW, no EU country [View All]

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stops any of the 350 million people who live in EU countries at any national border within the EU because those countries recognize that it is good for people to be able to cross international borders in order to persue the best jobs.

Also, the mobility of labor across national borders in Africa is considered one of the reasons that there have been cases of strong economic growth in Africa (I believe Botswana is one of the fastest growing economies in the world for several of the last 5 or 6 years). There is a book about how organized religion provides these workers with a sense of community in whatever cities they move to and that that has really helped workers make money and build middle classes (I heard the author on NPR in, IIRC, 2002 or 2003).

To sum up:

1) MANY countries do not stop millions of people from being able to cross national borders to persue jobs and work to build economies, and

2) They do that because they know that it's good for people who work, and therefore it's good for economies to do that.

Ie, you're exactly wrong.