howard mcsweeney1 wrote:On a more serious note I thought the plan was to bring back the seasonal worker's scheme that has worked so well in the past.
Indeed it is , as the Japanese are doing.
https://www.nippon.com/en/in-depth/a06003/
The Japanese, being sensible, do NOT allow wives and children to accompany and the workers are expected to go back home at the end of their contract.
Indeed the Turkish Gastarbeiters working in Germany in the sixties were partially responsible for Germany's industrial growth. These were MEANT to be temporary workers but the stupid lefty Germans allowed wives and dependents to join and then didn't have the bottle to get rid of them and there went the neighbourhood and Germany started to have the difficulties which beset a multi-cultural and vibrant society etc ..............