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Charles Kenny Profile picture
@charlesjkenny
Aug 11, 2021 • 317 tweets • >60 min read • Read on X
The real migrant crisis: not enough immigrants
"bringing in more automation is the [New Zealand] Government's plan to resolve current labour shortages in the meat industry...We have many, many roles within the industry for which there simply isn’t any automation or technical solutions available"

newstalkzb.co.nz/on-air/early-e…
"Urgent action is needed to address a looming shortage of at least 110,000 aged care workers over the coming decade [in Australia], including boosting pay and conditions and creating a new dedicated migration path to boost the labour force."

theguardian.com/australia-news…
"Under pressure from businesses and public sectors facing a worker shortage that policymakers fear will fuel inflation, New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern is due to unveil plans this week to reopen the country's borders."

khaleejtimes.com/world/rest-of-…
"We’re facing an immigration crisis in [the US], but it’s not at the border. It’s in our businesses that rely on skilled and expert labor across every sector of the economy....Companies are not able to employ enough or the right type of workers"

globalatlanta.com/commentary-lab…
Labor shortages... put the squeeze on Nebraska’s state parks, leading officials to make the unprecedented move to cut hours and services at parks across the state."

sandhillsexpress.com/state-news/lab…
"Rural America’s population losses spotlight shortages of farm, ranch labor"

chicago.suntimes.com/business/2021/…
'The labour-shortage problem [Finland] faces is serious, and needs a comprehensive programme of measures to tackle it.... for several years, more people had retired from the labour market than joined it"

ipe.com/news/keva-ceo-…
"UK job vacancies climb above 1 million for the first time ever as labor shortage intensifies"

The real migrant crisis: not enough migrants.

markets.businessinsider.com/news/currencie…
"Scottish Pubs Face Beer Shortage After Labor Shortage Threatens Supply"

The Real Ale Crisis: Not Enough Migrants.

vinepair.com/booze-news/sco…
"UK plunges towards supply chain crisis due to staff and transport disruption... Shortage of workers and disruption caused by Covid and Brexit push retail stock to 38-year low"

theguardian.com/business/2021/…
"Germany needs 400.000 immigrants a year... From care and air conditioning to logisticians and academics: There will be a shortage of skilled workers everywhere... I don’t understand why nobody is talking about this.”

iamexpat.de/expat-info/ger…
"Painters and postal workers in demand as UK faces labour shortage"

news.yahoo.com/recs-uk-jobs-m…
"The Sarawak government must begin to re-focus on assisting labour intensive industries which are facing shortage of workers, including foreigners, such as oil palm plantations, manufacturing and construction."

theborneopost.com/2021/08/14/mp-…
"A "potentially disastrous" backlog of thousands of pigs is building up on East Anglian [UK] farms due to labour shortages at meat processing factories, said industry leaders."

edp24.co.uk/news/business/…
"Helsinki should consider declaring itself an English-language city, its mayor has suggested, arguing that too many highly skilled international workers are shunning the Finnish capital..."

theguardian.com/world/2021/sep…
The real migrant crisis includes rubbish piled in the streets.
The real migrant crisis is also dirty laundry. At a time when fighting infection is front of mind, that UK industries that support sanitation are struggling to find workers should be a bit of a worry…
"President Biden is trying to get the economy back on track. ...the shortage of skilled infrastructure workers as a serious challenge ahead..."

npr.org/transcripts/10…
"Alberta ski towns face severe labour shortage: Lack of foreign workers and local job-seekers forces hospitality sector to make tough decisions..."

westerninvestor.com/british-columb…
"shortage of unskilled labour in [Malaysia] construction... the industry relies very much on foreign labourers for dirty, dangerous and difficult (3D) jobs."

[The real migrant crisis would be mitigated by better pay & conditions for all]

malaymail.com/news/malaysia/…
"A shortage of around 200,000 foreign construction workers in Moscow is contributing to higher house prices, [said] Deputy Mayor Vladimir Yefimov ..."

wtvbam.com/2021/09/13/mos…
"On-farm labour and haulage driver shortages are leaving broccoli and cauliflower growers in the East of Scotland with losses of between £10,000 and £90,000 every day... it is the darkest hour for growers"

thescottishfarmer.co.uk/news/19570022.…
"The number of [UK job] vacancies in the three months to August rose above one million for the first time since records began in 2001."

news.yahoo.com/job-vacancies-…
'[T]he Mayor of London, will say that the Government must introduce a temporary, time-limited visa to “help attracted international workers into key roles to support our economic recovery.'

cityam.com/mayor-calls-fo…
"Nearly two million EU workers have left the UK, creating a big gap to fill. The government never envisaged the negative economic impact of this labour shortage gap. "

leaderlive.co.uk/news/19591977.…
"Europe’s lorry driver crisis to deepen next year, warns haulage boss"

ft.com/content/0c4f98…
"Businesses are being urged to prioritise their hiring and staff retention policies amid new data revealing that the number of UK sectors reporting output growth fell to a six-month low in August, dragged by labour shortages."

scotsman.com/business/uk-se…
"According to hospitality trade association HORESTA, Denmark’s hotel and restaurant industry alone is short-staffed by 12,000 people... 'The problems are of such a magnitude that we can not solve it alone with the people who are already in this country,'

thelocal.com/20210917/is-in…
"Nova Scotia Nurses' Union warns staff shortages have reached critical point"

The real migrant crisis: not enough migrants.

atlantic.ctvnews.ca/nova-scotia-nu…
The real migrant crisis…
... not enough migrants...
...and the real migrant crisis in the UK was forecast...

The Daily Mail (!) on the UK's real migrant crisis...

HT @scepticalranil

"‘High cost and scarcity of daycare’ is contributing to [US] labor shortage, says Cleveland Fed President Mester"

The real migration crisis has direct and indirect effects...

marketwatch.com/story/high-cos…
...including on school lunches.

"Tacoma [Seattle] Public Schools told parents last week that menus will be limited and meal plans could change frequently from school to school. Supply chain problems are being blamed..."

q13fox.com/news/labor-sho…
"Without a “significant change around the status of the border”, New Zealand’s wine industry will continue to have a seriously depleted workforce, an industry leader says."

stuff.co.nz/marlborough-ex…
"Around 24 cargo ships and oil tankers are stuck waiting to dock off the coast of Long Island, New York, due to a surge in demand for consumer goods and short-staffed ports."

businessinsider.com/cargo-ships-st…
"The workforce shortage in the public health-care network, which is causing a crisis of “totally unprecedented” magnitude, is hitting hospitals across Quebec"

thestar.com/news/canada/20…
"...there’s a huge army of people who are about to retire in the United States... We’re going to need a source of labor to provide them services, and to keep the economy running. I think that the perception needs to change about immigrants"

mlive.com/public-interes…
““The EU workers we speak to will not go to the UK for a short-term visa to help the UK out of the shit they created themselves…”

The real migration crisis hits the fan…

theguardian.com/business/2021/…
More on potential emigrant response to HGV crisis in UK
"If you’re a business in California, there’s good and bad news for the next couple years... You’re going to have more demand than you know what to do with, but you’re not going to be able to hire anybody. Get used to it... It’s not temporary.”

spectrumnews1.com/ca/la-west/bus…
"To alleviate the labor pressure confronting the post-Brexit industry, this weekend, the UK government said 5,000 foreign truck drivers and 5,500 poultry workers"

qz.com/2065613/to-sol…
"The fashion and homeware chain Next has warned it may struggle to deliver its normal service in the run-up to Christmas unless the UK government relaxes post-Brexit migration restriction"

theguardian.com/business/2021/…
"lobbyists in post-Brexit Britain are warning of another looming skills shortage: bankers."

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"discussions are taking place in the [UK] government to ease visa restrictions for another 1,000 foreign butchers into the country amid industry warnings that a shortage could hit Christmas food supplies"

thecable.ng/report-uk-may-…
"More than a quarter of [UK] firms polled said the lack of staff was putting pressure on their ability to operate at normal levels...Businesses blamed the pandemic and Brexit for the shortage..."

theguardian.com/business/2021/…
"Hospitals across the US are having to limit the number of patients they admit because there aren't enough staff to treat them."

businessinsider.com/labor-shortage…
Canada: "vacancies in hospitality and food services.... an all-time high.... vacancies in [health care] sector increased by 40,800... highest number of vacancies for [manufacturing] since 2015... vacancies in retail trade increased to 84,300..."

ctvnews.ca/canada/these-c…
"Ho Chi Minh City is apparently staring at a labour shortage problem and further disruption to manufacturing as tens of thousands of migrant workers left the city over the last weekend...."

fibre2fashion.com/news/apparel-n…
"t’s too simplistic to assume automation and robotics will save the day, because technology strategies hinge on integrating people, processes and systems to the right degree."

ft.com/content/347e74…
"Hospitality recruiters in the UK have attempted to recruit seasonal pickers from farms in a bid to stem labour shortages"

www2.staffingindustry.com/eng/Editorial/…
"World-famous shortbread-maker Walker’s has warned labour shortages caused by Brexit and Covid will cost it sales as it attempts to rebound from its “toughest year in living memory.”"

pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/business/35…
Sh*t gets real with the UK's real migrant crisis:

"Nestlé says worker shortage could hit Quality Street supplies at Christmas"

theguardian.com/business/2021/…
The real migrant crisis: not enough bacon.

HT @vijramachandran
The real migrant crisis: neighbors going home.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
"[Australia's New South Wales] premier pushes for international borders to open amid worker shortage... Businesses are grappling with staff shortages due to a pandemic plunge in skilled migration and overseas backpackers..."

sbs.com.au/news/nsw-premi…
"It’s been 18 months since the UK government introduced the Global Talent Visa (GTV)... around 1,400 applications for the GTV were received in the previous 12 months. ... But... the UK tech industry reportedly faces vacancies of up to 100,000 per month"

itpro.co.uk/business-strat…
"[UK] Lorry shortage may soon spread to bus industry as drivers quit to take on HGVs"

mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/l…
"BRITAIN’S roads could become icy death traps this winter as councils face a shortage of gritter drivers... Local authorities are scrambling to find people to drive the mammoth salt spreaders over their highways in the coming months."

thesun.co.uk/news/16381744/…
'"Tesla CEO Elon Musk ...raised concerns about staffing at the company's new Gigafactory plant outside Berlin... "We really need great talent to come here from all over Europe."'

businessinsider.com/elon-musk-tesl…
The real migrant crisis: no houses.

"Boris Johnson’s [UK] election pledge to build 300,000 new houses a year is in serious jeopardy in the face of labour and material shortages...."

theguardian.com/society/2021/o…
"“It is essential that companies can get the required labour to ensure continued growth,” said [Denmark's] employment minister, Peter Hummelgaard." [Response includes] Assisting companies in recruiting more European labour..."

cphpost.dk/?p=128468
"Over the past few weeks, lorry drivers from EU countries have been patiently explaining ... why they find the [UK] government’s new three-month visa scheme, intended to keep shelves stocked and petrol pumps full in the runup to Christmas, unattractive"

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Canada's travails in the competition for migrant talent will become more widespread as the real migrant crisis worsens.

"Hong Kong's legislature on Thursday passed a law that allows overseas-trained doctors to practise in the Chinese-ruled city without taking a local licensing exam to ease a medical staff shortage,"

usnews.com/news/world/art…
Domino’s Pizza CEO says U.S. needs more immigration to address nationwide worker shortages

cnbc.com/2021/10/15/dom…
'Childcare – or lack thereof – “significantly” exacerbates labor shortages, [said US] Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo... with workers leaving the industry in droves, that could spell trouble for economic recovery....'

newsnationusa.com/news/finance/b…
"Worst-ever labour shortage triggers supply crunch for the world’ most consumed edible oil...
Malaysia's output for palm oil production may slide below 18 million tonnes in 2021, a drop of at least 6% from last year..."

theprint.in/world/worst-ev…
"Canadian ski resorts face labour shortage, government slow to issue working visas"

thestar.com/news/canada/20…
"[UK] Farmers to slash food production after worker shortage causes ‘unprecedented’ waste...
Growers forced to scale back next year as blueberries, tomatoes, and daffodils rot in fields"

independent.co.uk/news/business/…
"“I will keep arguing for the urgent necessity for folks to get visas to come and work in nursing and social care [in Scotland] ..."

thenational.scot/news/19668751.…
"A huge chunk of the labour force of Thailand was migrant workers. To be specific, 10% of the labour force before the pandemic hit ... many of these migrant workers are trying to come back to Thailand but are unable to do so..."

chiangraitimes.com/lifestyles/why…
"The US needs roughly 10 million people, including low-wage and high-skilled workers, to fill job openings nationwide — and only 8.4 million Americans are actively seeking work."

vox.com/business-and-f…
"South Africa is suffering from a shortage of qualified truck drivers [and] a shortage of professional drivers in the United States and United Kingdom has led to companies recruiting drivers from South Africa, with the promise of better pay...."

businesstech.co.za/news/trending/…
"Thai tourism and service industries will face a severe labour shortage of 300,000 to 500,000 people after the relaxation of Covid-19 control measures [because] Over a million and perhaps as many as two million migrant workers... have left the country"

bangkokpost.com/opinion/opinio…
"Child labor laws in some states may be weakened as US industries look to hire teens"

(Better: (i) raise wages (ii) attract more migrants)

theguardian.com/law/2021/nov/0…
"Subway franchisee pulls teen son out of school to work in store amid labor shortage... Cockayne said she’s hiked wages by $2 an hour since the beginning of the year, but she’s still been unable to get enough applications."

The real migrant crisis.

nypost.com/2021/11/02/sub…
"shortages in labour... represent a long-term threat to the US economy... causes of the demographics squeeze [are] the decline in births in the US... in 2020, the US had 1.3m excess retirements, [and] restrictions in immigration..."

icis.com/explore/resour…
"Wanted: goat farmers, acupuncturists and zookeepers....lockdowns forced many waiters, cooks, pastry chefs, fishmongers and butchers to return to their home countries...'Australia is going to be built on the quality of immigration we bring in'"

bbc.com/news/business-…
“An ongoing labor shortage plaguing the US has left existing employees under strain…business owners are making an extra effort to thank their employees by sending them robot-written thank-you notes”

A truly idiotic response to the real migration crisis

businessinsider.com/gratitude-robo…
"Justin Trudeau panic: Canada calls for French help over labour shortage"

La vraie crise migratoire

express.co.uk/news/world/151…
"Mitch Allen, 'Head Elf' at staffing agency Hire Santa... says that he has seen a 121% increase in requests this season after a pandemic-slowed 2020 but that there are about 15% fewer professional Santas available."

#santaneedsanH1b

wsj.com/articles/labor…
"Businesses in Northern Ireland are struggling to recruit ...In recent years, migrants made up more than 10% of [Mid Ulster's] population... However, since 2016, 18,000 migrants have left Northern Ireland...."

The real migrant crisis: not enough migrants

bbc.com/news/uk-northe…
The real inflation crisis: not enough migrants.
The real migrant crisis in the US: 1.9 million plus and growing…
"[The UK] will need up to 627,000 extra care staff by 2030/31... investing in improving the [care] sector, alongside attracting migrant workers, is the only way we will be able to provide safe and high-quality care."

cgdev.org/blog/staffing-…
"One reason people [in the US] can't go back to work is because they can't find childcare, and they can't find childcare because there's a shortage of childcare workers.

wsj.com/podcasts/the-j…
"U.S. Labor Shortage Gives Mexico Munition for Migrant Visa Plan"

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"Including layoffs, retirements and deaths, some 6.2 million [people in the US] left their job in September...."

marketwatch.com/story/u-s-work…
"UK job vacancies surge to record high 2.7 million as labour shortage worsens... Employers posted 221,000 job adverts last week, with driving instructors, prison officers and forklift truck drivers seeing the biggest rise in vacancies..."

independent.co.uk/news/business/…
"Labour shortage in Lithuania prompts businesses to call for guest workers from neighbours"

bnn-news.com/labour-shortag…
"[US] Childcare centers say they're turning down desperate parents because they don't have enough staff to look after more kids"

businessinsider.com/labor-shortage…
The real migrant crisis…
Discussed the case of Japan here:

cgdev.org/sites/default/…

It has been struggling to find people to come, on the bleeding edge of the real migration crisis.
"The massive influx of money for [US construction] projects comes as the pandemic has put the squeeze on an already tight construction labor market.... more than half of U.S. construction firms [report] “high difficulty” finding skilled workers."

dglobe.com/news/governmen…
"German aerospace suppliers have given broad backing to plans by Airbus to increase jet production but warn that growing labour shortages are the chief risk to the industry's growth."

money.usnews.com/investing/news…
"3 million workers are missing amid the labor shortage, and 2 million of them are immigrants who never came to the US because of Trump-era policies"

businessinsider.com/immigration-co…
"[Durango, US] Shortage of substitutes puts superintendent in the classroom"

durangoherald.com/articles/short…
"[Thailand's] businesses estimate a shortfall of 400,000 needed labourers for working in construction, tourism services, restaurants, food stalls, and other local businesses that are often supported by immigrant labour"

thethaiger.com/hot-news/econo…
1 S. Korea's foreign-born population from <2% to >4% of total in 10 yrs. Still, Covid restrictions => "firms & farms ...faced a disruption in production"

2 Most EU immigrants Ex-EU despite open borders in EU: limited demand to move = real migrant crisis

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… Image
'The Australian Council of Trade Unions believes Australia doesn’t have a labour shortage, but instead a “pay rise and secure job shortage.”'

(I believe Australia has both, and both are connected to the real migrant crisis).

6pr.com.au/union-reveals-…
The real migrant crisis: underappreciated.
"Higher prices, supply chain interruptions and labor shortage worsening in Texas manufactured housing..."

The real migrant crisis: nowhere to live.

bizjournals.com/dallas/news/20…
"The [Malaysian] government is worried about losing key agricultural workers [to Australia].... dependence on foreign unskilled labour [and that] Malaysia’s farmers are aging rapidly, creating an agricultural workforce crisis..."

jordantimes.com/opinion/m-niaz…
"A skills shortage and competition from the private sector is making life difficult for [New Zealand] councils trying to recruit key staff from zookeepers to urban planners and building inspectors."

stuff.co.nz/business/indus…
"'We've run out of alternatives': [UK] Vets carrying out pig abortions as labour shortage crisis continues... meat processors have been taking around 25% fewer animals than contracted"

news.sky.com/story/weve-run…
UK appliance maker Dyson "severed ties with ATA IMS over the Malaysian supplier's labour practices... migrant workers are subjected to abusive working and living conditions... forcing workers into excessive hours due to labour shortages..."

news.trust.org/item/202111261…
"'Tomorrow's too late' - [New Zealand] Borders open not fast enough for labour shortage... Rural contractors struggling with a labour shortage are relieved the borders opening next year, but say they need workers sooner"

rnz.co.nz/news/covid-19/…
How to make the real migrant crisis worse...

“a shortage of workers in the [Thai] construction and industrial sectors was among the primary causes of the trafficking of workers”

pattayamail.com/thailandnews/f…
"[Malaysia] Ministers blamed for labour shortage which caused price hikes"

The real migrant crisis: not enough migrants (leads to higher prices)

freemalaysiatoday.com/category/natio…
"[Australian] New mum Haley Devereux is growing nervous as she starts hunting for daycare so she can head back to work next year....''here are very long wait lists,' Devereux says....

theaustralian.com.au/inquirer/child…
"latest [US] jobs data showed that the number of daycare workers dipped in November. Childcare has emerged as one of the drivers for the labor shortage, ... parents can't return to work without it."

The real migrant crisis: parents can't go back to work.

businessinsider.com/why-labor-shor…
The real migrant crisis: not enough migrants.

"After almost two years of restricted international travel, developed nations are racing to recruit migrants to add to their labour forces. But what’s Australia doing, and is it enough to compete?"

sbs.com.au/news/a-global-…
"[Omicron] Variant is a blow to [US] efforts to attract more migrant workers amid a collapse in immigration and serious labor shortages"

wsj.com/articles/omicr…
"Hiring immigrants, workers from around globe key to solving labor shortage problem in Ohio"

news.yahoo.com/hiring-immigra…
"Israel planning trial import of foreign tech workers amid shortage"

reuters.com/world/middle-e…
Japan is further into the real migration crisis than any other country and it increasingly recognizes that.
The real migrant crisis: not enough migrants.

The real migrant crisis….
"European workers [are] the "backbone" of the hospitality industry in London and [there was] "zero thinking" over how they would be replaced....94,000 more EU nationals are estimated to have left the UK in 2020 than to have arrived"

euronews.com/2021/12/30/a-y…
"The economy of the world’s largest country is reaching a point where its productive capacity is unable to keep up with growing demand due to labor shortages, a senior official at the Bank of Russia has cautioned."

emeatribune.com/russia-faces-d…
"US Catholic clergy shortage eased by recruits from Africa"

The real salvation crisis: not enough migrants

mankatofreepress.com/region/us-cath…
"Specialist border exemptions 'drop in the ocean' for NZ's tech sector"

itbrief.co.nz/story/speciali…
"The UK construction industry has grappled with shortages of skilled workers for years as a result of ageing workforces, but the double shocks of Brexit and Covid have exacerbated these problems."

theguardian.com/business/2021/…
"The [UK] Government is to relax immigration rules on care-worker jobs as the social care sector increasingly struggles to attract and keep staff.

independent.co.uk/news/uk/care-w…
"IT IS going to be a challenging task for Malaysia to get about 600,000 migrant workers for the manufacturing sector to help production return to pre-Covid-19 pandemic levels."

thestar.com.my/metro/metro-ne…
"A sharp decline in the number of foreign workers and students due to pandemic measures has also had a significant impact on the labour shortage, shining a spotlight on Japan’s reliance on foreigners in the workforce."

phnompenhpost.com/business/labou…
"Every [Chinese Communist Party] member should shoulder the responsibility and obligation of the country’s population growth and act on the three-child policy.”

China's real migrant crisis shaping up to be the largest of them all.

grid.news/story/global/2…
"Germany will need increased immigration to prevent severe labour shortages from undermining productivity and endangering a successful energy transition, its economy minister said"

The real climate crisis: not enough migrants

reuters.com/world/europe/g…
"China’s factories are wrestling with labour shortages... By 2025, there will be a shortage of nearly 30 million workers in the manufacturing sector"

scmp.com/economy/china-…
"The US Army has boosted its maximum sign-on bonus by $10,000 as it struggles to find new recruits amid the labor shortage"

The real national security crisis: not enough migrants

businessinsider.com/labor-shortage…
"There are 3.3 million more retirees as of October 2021, than January 2020...There are about 2 million fewer working-age immigrants in the U.S. because of Covid immigration restrictions... there is nothing in our system that allows us to catchup."

axios.com/labor-shortage…
“Our child policy goes to eleven” vibe. China’s largely closed door policy to immigrants is going to cost it.
"The Covid-19 pandemic, in addition to an ageing population and declining birth rates, has created a labour shortage in Thailand.... the ratio of working-age Thais [to] Thais aged 60 and over is expected to decline from 3.6 in 2020 to 1.8 in 2040."

thethaiger.com/news/national/…
"More than a few companies [in Thailand] are now lamenting they cannot find staff in time for a recovery.... Migrant workers who were laid off moved back to their countries during the peak of the pandemic last year and have not returned..."

bangkokpost.com/business/22485…
The US is in a global competition for migrants. It is losing its edge.

"if the broader trend of plentiful jobs and not enough workers continues, it can have major implications for growth, inequality, and inflation [IMF research] found that lower participation among older workers not returning to work is the common thread"

blogs.imf.org/2022/01/19/why…
"Trade union FOA warned in its 2020 report that there will be a shortage of 40,000 social and health (SOSU) workers [in Denmark] by 2029. The Danish Nurses’ union... anticipated in 2018 that there will be a shortage of 6,000 nurses by 2025."

thelocal.dk/20220119/opini…
"the [Australian] government is planning to rebate the visa application fees of students and backpackers in a bid to entice more workers to the country. Australia is currently suffering from a worker shortage..."

hcamag.com/au/news/genera…
"Staffing shortages in America are a glimpse into its future....
Even as the pandemic ebbs, the pool of potential workers may be permanently smaller than once assumed"

economist.com/united-states/…
"Immigration, which slowed during the pandemic, could help ease a shortage of workers in the U.S. that’s pushed job vacancies to an all-time high, according to policy makers at the Federal Reserve."

news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-re…
"As [US] labor shortages deepen, bosses ask, ‘Where are the immigrant workers?’"

The real migrant crisis: not enough migrants.

The real inflation crisis: not enough migrants.

ft.com/content/8ca4b6…
"COVID halved international student numbers in Australia. The risk now is we lose future skilled workers and citizens"

theconversation.com/covid-halved-i…
"Eurozone jobless rate hits record low of 7% as worker shortages spread"

(Sign of the real migrant crisis but, also: yay!)

ft.com/content/fc3d94…
"[Irish] Hospitality groups lobby for new overseas recruitment campaign to bring in skilled workers... there are 40,000 vacancies in hospitality,"

businesspost.ie/hospitality/ho…
"80% of [UK construction] contractors have experienced labour shortages during the past quarter. Nearly 70% are expecting it to continue to negatively impact the industry going forward...."

The real housing crisis: not enough migrants

pbctoday.co.uk/news/hr-skills…
"The [New Zealand] Government’s border reopening plan is too late for primary industries struggling with critical staff shortages this season..."

stuff.co.nz/business/12767…
"Where's the tuna melt? Worker shortages mean smaller menus, limited choices and fewer shows"

The real tuna melt crisis...

usatoday.com/story/money/20…
"Australia's economy takes a $180BILLION hit from Covid border closures - as skilled worker shortage leaves bosses struggling to find staff"

dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1…
"there are around 2m people in the 25-54 [age] groups [in the US] who could potentially return to work, bringing employment back above the pre-pandemic level. However, with nearly 11m unfilled job openings... this would not be enough..."

ubs.com/us/en/wealth-m…
"[Malaysia's] labour shortage... a serious problem [leading to] delays in completing government projects such as roads, hospitals and schools ..the government could consider allowing the construction industry to employ Indonesians."

thestar.com.my/metro/metro-ne…
"Kuwait seeks pact with Ethiopia to ease domestic labour shortage"

gulfnews.com/world/gulf/kuw…
"There are 1.1 million fewer people in the [UK] workforce than there would have been had pre-pandemic trends continued. A third of that is because the population is smaller, as more people have left the UK and fewer people are coming in..."

theguardian.com/business/2022/…
"The Japanese government will consider easing its three-month-old entry ban on nonresident foreigners, amid growing criticism from academic and business circles..."

bangkokpost.com/world/2263171/…
The real aging crisis: not enough migrants
The real back pain crisis: not enough migrants

bakingbusiness.com/articles/55712…
“There is a crisis… regarding the recruitment and retention of heavy goods vehicle drivers…Without this service, the [Irish] agricultural sector would grind to a halt… there is a real risk of milk not being collected...”

The real Kerrygold crisis…

independent.ie/business/farmi…
"Care workers have been added to the [UK] government's shortage occupation list, in an another sign of the deepening labour crisis straining care operators across the country."

The real care crisis: not enough migrants.

itv.com/news/2022-02-1…
"Amid nationwide labor shortages in critical industries, more than a million immigrants are waiting on the US government to issue them work permits. Without these permits, many could lose their jobs, and some already have."

vox.com/policy-and-pol…
"an unprecedented labour shortage is jeopardising multi-billion euro building and renovation projects funded by the European Union to help Spain's economy recover from COVID-19."

reuters.com/world/europe/w…
"McDonald's stores in Malaysia and Indonesia halted sales of large-size portions of fries... due to increased customs checks at ports and labour shortages across the transport sector."

businesstimes.com.sg/consumer/frenc…
"An EU report on labour shortages and surpluses has found that Norway had the largest imbalance between demand in the labour market and workers with relevant skills available. The report included data on 30 countries."

Real migrant crisis, anyone?

thelocal.no/20220222/which…
"It is not unusual for the [Idaho] agricultural industry to rely heavily on foreign workers to fill jobs, but this year many nonagricultural businesses are desperate to fill jobs and are requesting foreign workers to fill them."

idahostatesman.com/news/business/…
"The positions of marketing staff, restaurant waiters, shop assistants, housekeepers, security guards, customer service staff & couriers are high on the list [of jobs with labor shortages in China]... [43% of occupations] are in the manufacturing sector"

globaltimes.cn/page/202202/12…
“Nearly Half a Million [US] Families Are Hurt by the Child-Care Labor Shortage”

wsj.com/articles/nearl…
"Staffing crisis deepens in NHS England with 110,000 posts unfilled. One in 10 nursing positions empty as are one in 17 doctors’ jobs"

theguardian.com/society/2022/m…
Talking about Europe's real migrant crisis and diversity in the workforce with Jasper Spanjaart of @ToTalent.eu

totalent.eu/charles-kenny-…
"The Federation of Thai Industries (FTI) is demanding a greater effort to deal with the severe shortage of 700,000 workers, even as the government is working to bring in migrant workers from neighbouring countries."

khmertimeskh.com/501037731/thai…
"Students who are third-country nationals can obtain basic jobs in nine sectors of the [Cyprus] economy under expanded criteria aimed at easing a labour shortage published by the labour minister on Friday."

cyprus-mail.com/2022/03/12/for…
"Labour shortages in Canada’s oil and gas industry could curb its ability to quickly step in to fill a gap in supply left in the wake of U.S. sanctions against Russia, industry insiders say."

globalnews.ca/news/8676571/c…
"Vietnamese migrants fill Romania’s worker crunch but face risk of exploitation...Romania’s labour shortage offers jobs for Vietnamese in welding, meatpacking and house painting ...Bucharest authorities have to fix its labour rights laws"

scmp.com/week-asia/peop…
"The Polish labour market remains tight with signs of elevated wage pressure. In the short term, the outflow of male Ukrainians from Poland may even intensify wage pressure in construction, transport and manufacturing. "

think.ing.com/snaps/poland-w…
"Residents across Memphis are calling in to complain about delays with the United States Postal Service....due to a current staffing shortage....people have gone several weeks waiting for important letters, bills & prescriptions"

The real mail crisis...

wreg.com/news/local/sna…
"A four-year working visa and a path to permanent residency should be offered to international graduates to help solve Australia’s skilled migrant shortage, according to a leading New South Wales think tank."

theguardian.com/australia-news…
"The boss of Next has called on the UK government to make it easier for workers to come to the UK, as the retailer said staff shortages... would fuel an 8 per cent rise in its prices this autumn."

The real fashion crisis: not enough migrants

irishtimes.com/business/retai…
"New Zealand will lose more people than it gains after its border reopens, exacerbating a labour shortage and dampening economic growth... the country could lose as many as 20,000 people"

The real migrant crisis....

straitstimes.com/asia/australia…
"Workforce development strategies that once worked [in Georgia] are no longer driving businesses forward. What we need now are innovative solutions... and fortunately, there is undeniable potential in our state’s untapped immigrant communities."

ajc.com/opinion/opinio…
"Szymon Janiewski employed 10 Ukrainians at his small construction company in Poland... 'I no longer have any Ukrainian employee.... they were my company's backbone [they have] gone to defend their motherland,"

today.rtl.lu/news/business-…
"All options on Australian Wool Innovation’s table to solve sheep shearing crisis"

sheepcentral.com/all-options-on…

This 1992 book on robots for shearing sheep still ahead of its time, apparently.

amazon.com/Robots-Shearin…

The real migrant crisis won't be solved by machines.
Pretty soon, everyone is going to get what the real migrant crisis is…
“in times when Tunisia is facing a shortage of workers, many from sub-Saharan Africa are stepping in to fill the gap….”

africanews.com/2022/03/29/sub…
“US doles out thousands of additional H-2B worker visas, but will it be enough to satisfy Alaska processors' labor shortage?”

intrafish.com/processing/us-…
The real migrant crisis….
"U.S. employers say it's a hard time to find and keep talent... One reason for this labor crunch that has largely flown beneath the radar: Immigration to the U.S. is plummeting, a shift with potentially enormous long-term implications... "

cbsnews.com/news/immigrati…
"Biden’s immigration woes complicate US labour shortages"

ft.com/content/bf3de3…
"Malaysia is looking to ease a pandemic-driven labor crunch that has choked its key plantation and manufacturing industries by hastening the hiring of migrant workers. The country is expected to hire nearly 180,000 workers over the next six weeks"

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"Inflation, Labour Shortage Sends [New Zealand] Business Confidence Near Record Low"

scoop.co.nz/stories/BU2204…
"Thailand is looking to bring in more labourers from neighbouring countries ... the government seeks to employ an army of around 150,000 foreign workers to make up for the country’s low percentage of people willing to do manual labour jobs. "

thethaiger.com/news/national/…
"‘There aren’t enough good people out there’: Why can’t the [Irish Health Service] find more staff?... Young staff emigrating and older staff retiring early part of complex chain of problems"

irishtimes.com/news/health/th…
"[West Australia] job vacancies outnumber unemployed people for the first time on record"

thewest.com.au/business/econo…
"UAE head teachers speak of struggle to recruit talent amid global teacher shortage"

thenationalnews.com/uae/education/…
"A 35-year-old Chinese man has become the first person to be granted a resident status that effectively allows foreign blue-collar workers to stay in Japan indefinitely..." [Meanwhile, China is facing the mother of all migrant crises itself].

english.kyodonews.net/news/2022/04/2…
As labour shortage worsens, Quebec launches overseas hiring blitz... over 1.4 million jobs will need to be filled by 2030

La vraie crise des migrants : pas assez de migrants

montrealgazette.com/news/local-new…
The real NY Chinatown Dim Sum crisis: not enough migrants

patch.com/new-york/lower…
"Canadians nearing retirement outnumbered those entering the workforce by a record margin in 2021, census data released on Wednesday showed, raising fears the country's labor shortage could worsen in coming years."

reuters.com/world/americas…
"a recent survey conducted by Leger in partnership with the Institute for Canadian Citizenship is suggesting [the rising cost of living] may get in the way of retaining new immigrants."

cbc.ca/news/business/…
"Apprenticeships in the [German] meat product sales [60.4% vacancy]... plumbing (38.9%), catering (37.5 %) and concrete builder (33.8 %) trades... struggled to attract young, skilled workers..."

The real bratwurst crisis: not enough migrants

iamexpat.de/career/employm…
"[Malaysia's] \Proton Vendors Association has touted the intake of foreign workers as a solution to prevent disruption to the national automotive manufacturing ecosystem, saying if it collapsed, it would lead to the loss of more than 500,000 jobs"

freemalaysiatoday.com/category/natio…
"In Houston, Al Flores increased the price of his BBQ restaurant’s brisket plate because the cost of the cut doubled due to meatpacking plants’ inability to fully staff immigrant-heavy production lines.....
....In the Dallas area, Joshua Correa raised prices on the homes his company builds by $150,000 to cover increased costs stemming partly from a lack of immigrant labor."

usnews.com/news/us/articl…
"Labor shortage leaves US struggling to hire firefighters despite record wildfire funding"

The real forest fire crisis: not enough migrants

statesmanjournal.com/story/news/nat…
"The shortage of Norwegian medical professionals has doubled in three years... a total shortage of 1,200 such experts... It’s getting bigger and bigger,”

Norway's real migrant crisis....

worldakkam.com/labor-shortage…
"Manufacturers in Penang only have two-thirds of their workforce available... The “missing” one-third of the workforce, about 60,000 workers in total, is due to the vacuum left behind by unskilled foreign labour..."

The real migration crisis is global.

nationthailand.com/international/…
"As Japan’s aging society heads towards a labor shortage, Kawasaki Heavy Industries has developed a goat-shaped robot with the aim of helping people move heavy cargo'"

The real migrant crisis will not be solved by goatbots.

latestly.com/socially/world…
"Hungarian labour market lacks about 100,000 workers..."

dailynewshungary.com dailynewshungary.com/hungarian-labo…"
"Fresh fruit & vegetables, cooking oil & staples such as bread & pasta are among grocery items expected to climb in price as [Australian] supermarkets... face increasing costs... border closures during COVID [have] led to critical labour shortages..."

theage.com.au/business/consu…
"Malaysian companies from palm oil plantations to semiconductor makers are refusing orders and forgoing billions in sales, hampered by a shortage of more than a million workers that threatens the country’s economic recovery."

english.alarabiya.net/News/world/202…
"the army of tree experts needed to fulfil the [UK] government’s promise to increase tree planting to 30,000 hectares a year (90m-120m trees) by the end of 2024 is nowhere to be seen..."

The real forestry crisis...

theguardian.com/environment/20…
"Farm worker shortage brings a bitter harvest....Millions of pounds of Britain’s unpicked crops are being ploughed back into fields"

thetimes.co.uk/article/farm-w…
"Why are flights being cancelled? Experts say it's down to airlines' inability to plan amid a tight labor market"

The real airline crisis: not enough migrants

businessinsider.com/airlines-labor…
"Labour shortages a long-term problem at border crossings"

The crisis at the border is that there aren't enough migrants to staff border crossings.

thestar.com/opinion/contri…
“Thousands of flights cancelled or delayed as labor shortages trigger more travel chaos”

The real Kenny family holiday crisis…

businessinsider.com/airlines-cance…
“Alaska’s labor shortage is a people shortage”

adn.com/opinions/2022/…
"[German] ministries will start a joint campaign for bringing temporary foreign employees to work at German airports... there was a shortage around 2,000 to 3,000 employees"

The real summer travel crisis: not enough migrants

reuters.com/world/europe/g…
"UK’s local builders disappearing in their thousands as costs soar..."

The real UK housing crisis: not enough migrants (?)

ft.com/content/68bb82…
"difficulty in finding suitable labour [in Australia] indicates the 100,000s of job vacancies is just as much a labour shortage problem as it is a skills one...migration is not expected to reach pre-pandemic levels for at least another 12 to 18 months"

afr.com/policy/economy…
"Australia could “miss the boat” in the global race to recruit aged care workers unless the federal government adjusts migration rules, as research shows the labour shortage in the sector has doubled since the depths of the coronavirus pandemic."

smh.com.au/politics/feder…
"there are more job openings in the US than there are people willing to work... To make matters worse... there were about 2m fewer working-age immigrants compared to pre-pandemic trends. ...This shortage has led to massive supply chain disruptions"

bakerinstitute.org/media/files/fi…
"Major [Korean] cinema chains are staffed at 70 to 90 percent of pre-pandemic levels, ...It's not that companies are not hiring... but there aren't enough applicants"

The real Korean cinema usher crisis: not enough migrants.

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2022/07/03/bus…
"Labour shortfall leading to ‘catastrophic’ food waste, UK farmers warn"

ft.com/content/695d9c…
"he Malaysian Association of Hotels (MAH) wants the government to expedite approvals for foreign worker applications to meet the urgent need for manpower in the hospitality sector."

freemalaysiatoday.com/category/natio…
"Inflation, an aging workforce, and the inability to fill positions will likely further increase costs, wages, and the price of real estate development and building anything in the U.S. “'he next six months will be like the last six months, only worse,'"

propmodo.com/an-already-bad…
"[Vietnam's] textile and garment industries ... in need of 20,000-22,000 new employees each year but in recent years, have been able to hire a little over 1,000 per year"

e.vnexpress.net/news/news/hcmc…
The UK's real migration crisis....

"Immigration of Workers From Abroad Reduces Labour Shortage in Switzerland"

Who would have thought?

schengenvisainfo.com/news/immigrati…
"As COVID-19 vaccine production moves full-tilt, mRNA players Pfizer and Moderna are having trouble recruiting talent in Massachusetts... the bottleneck right now is people."

fiercepharma.com/manufacturing/…
"There are 480,100 job vacancies in Australia, a 111.1% increase since February 2020... in June unemployment tumbled to 3.5%...the shortage is particularly acute in sectors that rely more heavily on temporary migrants,"

theguardian.com/australia-news…
""We need foreign workers [in Malaysia]... we have no choice as there are no local candidates who want to grab the work opportunity in the industry"

thestar.com.my/news/nation/20…
"An ongoing labor shortage is to blame for longer response times for emergency services in both 911 dispatchers and Columbia (MO) Police Department."

The real migration crisis: no one responding to 911 calls.

abc17news.com/news/columbia/…
“It’s clear that [the UK] could be sleepwalking towards a net zero engineering skills shortage"

The real climate crisis: not enough migrants.

imeche.org/news/news-arti…

(Solution here:
cgdev.org/blog/green-tra…)
"security control, not baggage handling....These are the roles that are under-resourced... We would love freedom of movement for workers.”

The real UK travel crisis: not enough migrants.

travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/post-…
“Our suddenly-diminished labour force is an immediate, dangerous drag on UK prosperity”

The real migrant crisis: not enough migrants.
"Fewer than 1 per cent of the nearly 60,000 permanent visa applications the [Australian] government is fast-tracking to fix dire shortages in schools and hospitals are education or health professionals."

[What you need is a Global Skills Partnership]

afr.com/work-and-caree…
"The continued rise in the inflation rate in Malaysia has been attributed to bottlenecks in the supply chain and a shortage of labour"

The real inflation crisis...

freemalaysiatoday.com/category/highl…
"...only around 1 in 7 of the World’s population have ever migrated even internally. This lack of movement matters a lot..."

The real migrant crisis: not enough migrants.

"Spain... eased ...immigration laws to ...address labour shortages ....While Spain's unemployment rate of 13.65% is high by European standards, employers say they struggle to hire workers in sectors such as tourism, agriculture, construction & trucking."

barrons.com/news/spain-eas…
The real supply-side crisis: not enough migrants.

"A shortfall in immigration has become an economic problem for America...The real crisis is not border crossings but a shortage of new arrivals"

Yes Indeed, The Economist, yes indeed.

economist.com/united-states/…

Fare thee well @mianridge @JamesMAstill :-)
The real chip crisis…

politico.com/news/2022/07/3…
"More and more [German] firms have to cut back on business because they simply can’t find enough staff... A half of all German companies are struggling to find skilled workers..."

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
"[New Zealand] Businesses from farms to retirement villages and hotels are scrambling to find workers ... increasing the central bank's challenge in fighting inflation... activity is simply disrupted by a lack of people..."

reuters.com/business/help-…
"the inability to meet [US] consumer and business demand ... worker scarcity, driven by the lack of basic, long-term population growth that is the .. underlying cause—and a critical future challenge"

news.ucr.edu/articles/2022/…
"Danish businesses repeat call for foreign workers amid labour shortage"

thelocal.dk/20220805/danis…
"Portugal has reformed its immigration laws to attract foreign workers...'Portugal needs immigrants' for 'its demography, its economy and its culture', said Minister for Parliamentary Affairs..."

barrons.com/news/portugal-…
"The [South Korean] government will increase the quota of foreign workers ... it will speed up the entry process for immigrant workers, streamline administrative procedures...and strengthen support tailored for each industry."

koreabizwire.com/govt-increases…
"[Australian] Businesses of every size in every sector reporting significant barriers to getting the skilled workforce they need, forcing them to operate below capacity or close their doors entirely."

theguardian.com/australia-news…
"[Dubuque Iowa] Mayor Brad Cavanagh [asked] President Joe Biden to resettle refugees in the city... Chambers of Commerce across the country... urged for more workers, specifically refugees and other immigrants, to fill the many open jobs in America."

kcci.com/article/dubuqu…
It’s almost as if… the real migrant crisis… was a lack of migrants?
My bet is we'll see a growing literature on how to encourage emigration as the real migrant crisis deepens.

"New Zealand will make temporary changes to immigration rules, a minister said on Sunday, aiming to lure 12,000 workers over the next year ....The jostling for workers is part of a global trend...."

reuters.com/world/asia-pac…
“Labour crisis pushes Malaysia’s billion ringgit E&E [electrical and electronics] sector to breaking point”

freemalaysiatoday.com/category/natio…
"Pregnant mothers turned away from Perth hospitals amid health worker shortage"

abc.net.au/news/2022-08-2…
"Immigrants are key to addressing America’s labor shortage, lowering inflation, and growing our economy"

thehill.com/opinion/congre…
"According to a report by the Committee for Economic Development of Australia (Ceda), Australia’s net overseas migration will not fully recover until 2024 as it is facing a cumulative loss of more than 600,000 people"

businesstoday.in/latest/world/s…
“When countries can't produce enough of something to meet demand, they generally import it from abroad. Over the past couple of years, however, the pace at which the U.S. has been importing foreign labor has fallen off a cliff.”

axios.com/2022/09/03/imm…
The real population crisis is not enough people, and that means the real population crisis is the real migration crisis… Not Enough Migrants.
Yes, yes indeed.
"Citizens of eight Portuguese-speaking countries will now have it easier to move to Portugal as the country has facilitated visa rules for them in a bid to tackle labour shortage in several important key industries "

schengenvisainfo.com/news/portugal-…
"Germany is hoping to combat its shortage of skilled workers with a new ‘opportunity card’.... The ‘chancenkarte’ will use a points system to enable workers with required skills to come to Germany more easily."

euronews.com/travel/2022/09…
"Malaysian palm oil planters are letting thousands of tonnes of fruits rot as the third year of a worker shortage has left companies unable to increase their harvesting during the peak production season."

reuters.com/markets/commod…
"Germany is looking at granting citizenship to foreigners who are particularly well integrated in just three years, as it battles to fill a huge shortfall of around a quarter of a million workers by 2026."

barrons.com/news/germany-e…
In Czechia “Currently, due to mobilisation and war, recruitment from Ukraine is practically impossible, and other sources of job applicants are not sufficien”

www2.staffingindustry.com/eng/Editorial/…
"The sharp reduction in the number of temporary visas for foreign-born workers in 2020 and 2021 harmed the U.S. economy... the total cost was around 0.4% per year of total gross domestic product — at least $82 billion per year in 2020 and 2021."

sanantonioreport.org/immigration-wo…
"The agriculture sector in Kansas is facing "a devastating labor shortage...In order to protect our nation's food security, national security and meet the workforce needs of our state's employers, we need to have a responsive immigration system..."

kiowacountypress.net/content/kansas…
"Labour shortages, ageing population and outdated immigration policies leave Hong Kong trailing in race for global talent"

scmp.com/comment/opinio…
[In Taber, Alberta] "Martin needs a delivery driver, repair technician and sales associate — but for now, he said, he's been personally "demoted." "Today, all morning, I was doing deliveries,..." businesses have tried to recruit staff locally....

cbc.ca/news/canada/ca…
"Nobody knows how anyone will be able to have kids in the future."

The real childcare crisis: not enough immigrants.

slowboring.com/p/immigrants-c…
"As Quebec's worker shortage worsens, employers plead with leaders to welcome more immigrants"

cbc.ca/news/canada/mo…
U.S. Construction Industry Lags Due To Global Labor Shortage

businesswest.com/blog/u-s-const…
"more than 40% of the doctors [in Europe] will retire in the next 10 years. This is a crisis. This is a ticking time bomb."

healthpolicy-watch.news/shortage-of-he…
"[Canada's] labour shortfall has auto firms and business teams ...recruiting overseas, primarily within the Philippines and Mexico. The newest effort... netted millwrights, electricians, and setup and automation technicians."

autorecent.com/2022/09/18/ind…
"11,000 [New Zealand] employers desperate to import 53,000 migrant workers as the labour drought hits business growth"

stuff.co.nz/business/12979…
"Ireland Is Looking for Foreign Workers as Labour shortage has hit Europe worse than ever"

en.baaghitv.com/ireland-is-loo…
The real migrant crisis: not enough migrants.
"The labor shortage could affect this year’s pumpkin crop. John Ackerman, who owns Ackerman Family Farms of Morton, Illinois, says it’s hard to find enough people to pick the pumpkins. "

The real Halloween horror: not enough migrants

1430wcmy.com/2022/09/19/lab…
"Labour shortages, which have impacted the tourism sector, have been described as a serious issue that threatens to derail one of the Cypriot economy’s most important sources of revenue."

www2.staffingindustry.com/eng/Editorial/…
"Does Canada have enough workers? Record-high of nearly one million jobs unfilled in second quarter of 2022"

thestar.com/business/2022/…
“The US’s ‘immigration crisis’ is admitting too few immigrants, not too many”

That sounds about right, yes.

theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Given the state of the UK economy, it’s gonna take a lot of migrants…

#therealmigrantcrisis

thetimes.co.uk/article/liz-tr…
"rebuilding Florida after Hurricane Ian will likely take thousands of workers -- especially in construction. But hiring workers... could be a challenge"

techtarget.com/searchhrsoftwa…
"more than 220 businesses in Fiji are finding it difficult to fill positions for electricians, refrigeration and air conditioning technicians, plumbers, construction and joinery workers and automotive mechanics.... 63% of companies hired expatriates..."

fijitimes.com/labour-shortag…
"Age charity wants Danish schools opened abroad to solve worker shortage"

(Global Skills Partnerships FTW)

thelocal.dk/20220929/age-c…
"KUALA LUMPUR: Contractors said the continued foreign labour shortage has stifled the recovery of the construction industry...."

theedgemarkets.com/article/constr…

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