Eamon Dyas  

The New Imperialism is adding the exploitation of Third World Human Resources to the traditional exploitation of Material Resources. 

The Labour Minister says that Germany is looking to African countries to fill its skills shortage. Just like the 19th century rush to Africa, Germany has been late to this particular imperialism. Modern imperial exploitation of Human Resources began some time ago in the medical profession when doctors and nurses were enticed from their homes in Africa and Asia to fill the shortages in our hospitals. This happened in the U.K. after the war when Irish and West Indian doctors and nurses failed to keep up with demand. 

Then in Europe in the last couple of decades  liberal ideology conveniently facilitated immigration from countries destabilised by US-instigated wars in order to fill more general labour shortages. 

If this more recent effort by the German Labour Minister is an indication of anything, we now see western leaders proactively touring the young labour markets of African countries to take away the labour power of their youth through the inducement of the previous equivalent to the 19th century baubles – the western life style. 

In Germany it seems that the country – once renowned for its vocational training – has decided that it’s now cheaper to look to Africa for its skilled workforce rather than continue to train their own workers in Germany. What can possibly go wrong? 

It should also be said that this coincides with the more fundamental failure of western liberalism – the failure to sustain a birth rate capable of replenishing the death rate despite the longer life expectancy that it claims as one of its great victories. 

“Germany’s economic daily Handelsblatt reported in April, however, that the number of youths in the country who lack relevant professional skills, including a lack in vocational training, has surpassed 2.5 million. As many as 17% of those aged between 20 and 34 are unskilled, the paper said, citing a government report.

“Heil also admitted that around 1.6 million people aged between 20 and 30 have no vocational qualification and “too often” end up “in long-term unemployment.”” – 

From \RT (Accessible here: https://thepressunited.com/updates/germany-to-further-liberalize-immigration/

From FT

https://www.ft.com/content/e859c90c-1ac4-4bf4-9660-b3a0882c2305