GLC - I want council houses in my neighbourhood
In this week’s column, Frank Hoffer addresses the challenge of anti-migration populism in Europe. He argues that the reasons that have given rise to a populist anti-immigrant vote throughout Europe “include: the distributional inequalities in our societies, the increased competition among workers in deregulated labour markets and the fact that the burden of the crisis has been shifted nearly exclusively to the middle and lower income groups.” Hoffer proposes five possible solutions to reduce anti-migration xenophobia and they are: Limiting wage competition, affordable housing, universal quality education, public investment, and empowering undocumented migrants. Frank Hoffer is senior research office at the Bureau for Workers’ Activities of the ILO. He writes in his personal capacity.
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