Globalization

In South Africa, violence has erupted against immigrant workers from Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique. Villages, homes, and even individuals have been set on fire in protest against a high unemployment rate (23%) and high food costs. During the Apartheid regime, South Africans looked to their neighbors to shelter exiled leaders.

In Italy, Romanian gypsies were attacked after an alleged attempt by a Roma girl to steal a baby. Illegal Romanian immigrants are thought to be the cause of the majority of crime in Italy. During the period from 1920 to 1970, many Italians illegally sought work in neighboring countries of Austria, Belgium, France, West Germany, and Luxembourg.

In the U.S., Mexican migrant workers are being run out of homes and places of employment by unfriendly state and federal laws. The United States was founded by Europeans seeking religious and political freedom and a better way of life.

We've sure come a long way.