Caveat Emptor! The Grass is Not Greener on the Other Side. Warning To Would Be Back Wayers

The dynamics of the global economy is fast changing and the economic paradigms of yester years are evolving at an unprecedented pace. Outsourcing, sweatshop operations, product dumping, tariffs and subsidies are to name a few that have significantly distorted trade in the past 2 decades and also accelerated unemployment all over the world. The rapid pace of productivity and the efficiency of artificial intelligence has brought about the demise of the worker. Automated drive throughs, unmanned checkout counters, highly mechanized farming outfits are to name a few that are making hard days work redundant even in most economically structured societies. Therefore it saddens me to see young productive African youths thinking the grass greener on the other side and they mostly end up in organized concentration camps reminiscence of Bavaria and Austria of Adolf Hitler. Indeed the African has been dealt a raw deal from Slavery (Both Atlantic and Sahara trade), Colonialism and of recent imperialism and the hegemonic practices of the world economic order. We cannot just blame our woes on our contact with the world for it has also brought about some good. Our governments have ill prepared the booming youth population for self reliance and financial independence. Furthermore, the absence of deliberate sustainable youth investment schemes have plunged bulk of our youth folk into destitution. Education and skills training should be synchronized with labor market demands to ensure an interrupted supply of labor to a thriving market. The ideal of a viable market has been hindered by civil strife, disease and political mismanagement. This in turn have been pushing Africa's youth folk to venture out but only if they know what awaits them across those rough Mediterranean waters. The landing points (Greece, Spain and Portugal) are heading south to enlist in the third world therefore, there is nothing but broken dreams for most of would be migrants and therefore the word Caveat Emptor really applies to their ill fated decisions to venture across the Mediterranean. If these African youths can work half as hard as they would have for the farms in Spain and other European countries then they would have made a meaningful impact on the continent of Africa. Lets turn the "Back Way" to "Our Way" by encouraging our governments to invest more in Youth development initiatives and sustainable economic policies that will stem the tide of migration. Happy Labor Day to my friends and Family in North America and lets collectively strive for the preservation and dignity of the worker as we once knew it