22nd November - Immigration: Now that really gets me going ...

A hot potato here, but, I feel I'd like to shout from the rooftops - 'Immigration: don't blame the immigrants, blame the system.'
Let's face it, it's the needs of the system, which have led to ever-increasing migration. Millions of people leave their homeland and loved-ones in the hope of a better life as a direct result of the system's need for cheap labour, the globalisation of the idea that the 'ideal' life is to be had elsewhere and the opening up of international borders. OK, I know people have been migrating since humans first moved out of Africa, but migration seems to have become more and more frantic, facilitated, often, by people traffickers.
So, what happens when millions chose to migrate? Might be OK for some, but ... 
The emigrants leave their own culture and loved ones to move to an often unwelcoming country which may not come up to their expectations. They sometimes pay huge sums for their passage and face untold dangers en route.
People in the host country often feel their way of life, jobs, homes, etc are threatened by the influx of strangers. When immigrants come in large numbers they will often work for lower wages, accept poorer working conditions and live in poorer conditions than the host population so the living standards and work conditions of workers in the host country are likely to go down
The country migrants leave behind are denied the skills of the migrants, who are often the very people who would help their homeland to improve. How the people of Bulgaria will miss the doctors who choose to migrate.
Not good news really.  Not sure that the rosy idea of a 'multi-cultural' society really stands up when you consider the lack of integration in many areas.
Feel better now I've got that off my chest!