Presently the only access an impoverished but ambitious, productive citizen of Africa or the Indian sub-continent is to enter illegally and claim bogus asylum status. Millions are contemplating the perilous Mediterranean sea crossing and the flow continues despite the harrowing consequences of many thousands drowning. The majority of Europeans acknowledge the necessity of legal migration but with limits. Obviously Europe can't absorb the numbers who'd wish to migrate and long-term a greater international engagement is required to increase the rate of economic expansion in marginalised counties.
The US has for 3 decades had a succesful Diversity Immigrant Visa.
Diversity Immigrant Visa - Wikipedia
Should Europe follow with a variation of this scheme but with greater intake?
I think greater intake - 500,000 total, visa recipient and partner - with an age limit, say under 35 and the succesful recipient must reside for at least 7 years in one specified EU country desiginated with visa proportionally distributed, whereupon they can avail of 'freedom of movement' across the soon to be 27 member nations.
Under this proposal Poland would receive approximately 35,000 legal migrants every year which is really a negligible amount, even over a decade.
The US has for 3 decades had a succesful Diversity Immigrant Visa.
Diversity Immigrant Visa - Wikipedia
Should Europe follow with a variation of this scheme but with greater intake?
I think greater intake - 500,000 total, visa recipient and partner - with an age limit, say under 35 and the succesful recipient must reside for at least 7 years in one specified EU country desiginated with visa proportionally distributed, whereupon they can avail of 'freedom of movement' across the soon to be 27 member nations.
Under this proposal Poland would receive approximately 35,000 legal migrants every year which is really a negligible amount, even over a decade.