Migrant workers
Sir.—l would like, to add my comments to those who have decried the lot of the black worker in South Africa, the highest paid black on the continent. Migrant labour is one of the oldest forms of co-opera-tion in southern Africa. By its very nature it confronts the communities affected with serious social problems, including the disruption of married and family life and housing problems. The problem is one experienced in many parts of the world For instance, in West Germany there are nearly two million migrant workers - six times the number of black foreign workers in South Africa - and about the same number as in France. Algerians, Portuguese and
Yugoslavs working in (other) European countries represent 25 per cent, 18 per cent and 16 per cent respectively of the total employed in their respective countries. Would HART like us to protest against the exploitation of European migrant workers? Perhaps Minto would like to see E.M.W. solidarity . with the black migrant?—Yours, etc.,
KENNETH R. GRAY. April 14, 1982.
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