Progressives for Immigration Reform held a conference on A Progressive Approach to Immigration Reform: US Immigration Policy and its Impact on Conservation and Labor in Washington, DC on October 4, 2011.
In the following video from the conference, Kelvin Thomson, Member of Wills, Federal Parliament of Australia, discusses immigration and population growth’s global impact on rising food prices, increased demand for grain and petroleum, and population’s direct impact on social unrest (part 2).
Recent findings demonstrate how rapid population growth fuels political instability. Thomson discusses the situation in countries such as Tunisia, Nigeria, Kenya, and Ghana, where too many people competing for scarce available resources ultimately lead to social conflict. In many developed countries, high immigration has lead to higher unemployment rates and civil unrest. Thomson explains how policy makers should focus on policies to slow migration to solve social problems.
