Good article, with no political bias...

"Escaping poverty, violence & climate crisis are factors, but the main driver is rich societies demanding cheap labour... encouraged by economic and labour market liberalisation, which have fuelled the growth of precarious jobs that local workers won’t take.

Politicians from left to right know this reality, but they don’t dare admit it."

Everything politicians tell you about immigration is wrong | Hein de Haas | The Guardian

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/dec/29/politicians-immigration-wrong-cheap-labour?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Everything politicians tell you about immigration is wrong. This is how it actually works

Escaping poverty, violence and the climate crisis are factors, but the main driver is rich societies demanding cheap labour, says migration scholar Hein de Haas

The Guardian