We often talk about a country’s assets fuelling prosperity; its industrial might, economic know-how; mineral deposits, its pivotal trading position; and its technology.

Sadly, any country’s greatest asset is nowhere to be seen on the list; its people. Without its peoples, Europe would be a forested wilderness from Donegal to the Urals.

All too often we take for granted the fruits of man’s inspiration, ingenuity and labour yet our lives are constantly enriched by man’s creativity in turning wilderness into life-giving nations.  

Spain, like Ireland and Britain, did extremely well at exporting its own people, usually under economic compulsion. The Spanish, Irish and British peoples, with other Europeans, became a Diaspora that turned great wildernesses across the world into fabulous nations.

Imagine for a moment the Americas, Australia New Zealand; India and swathes of Africa without the fruits of Europe’s womb. The people’s genius is life-giving for vibrant populations today to prosper in environments that would otherwise be unsustainable.

I can well understand people fleeing before conflict but cannot fathom the reasoning behind the economic export of people unless there is economic purpose behind it. As late as the mid-1960s

Britain ethnically cleansed its mean streets whilst simultaneously emptying its institutions and then shipping hapless orphans out to populate and grow its empire. Bankers’ and industrialists’ logic; and pragmatism; it was cruel but the end justified the means.

It was economic exploitation for at the same time the peoples of the Third World were vacuumed up to feed Britain’s demand for cheap labour. Previously American and Australian colonisers ethnically cleansed large tracts of territory to make room for the White man.

The Soviets did the same by forcibly sweeping up millions from their home nations in a vain attempt to make the most of Siberia’s resources and make lebensraum for Soviet exploitation.

It was a tactic learned from the 18^th Century England who had conducted the Highland Clearances.

Later on, Britons took advantage of the £10 per person assisted passage scheme; the victims of Communism got their rides free in railway cattle cars. Millions died.   

Britain’s primary export became known as ‘the brain drains.’ The family gold was being sold to other nations. University graduates joined entrepreneurs and other aspiring expatriates in going abroad. 

So many ambitious and gifted people left Spain, the British Isles and Ireland that the national average IQ actually dropped as a consequence.

It is hardly surprising that most emigrants, through their expertise and efforts, brought wealth not only to themselves and their families but to their host nations too. Their mother countries squandered the opportunity to enrich themselves.

Today, because of the avarice of unregulated banks and inept politicians, many young Europeans are taking their promise abroad.

Spain’s young endure an unemployment rate exceeding 45 per cent. Now, an entire generation of young talent is taking their enthusiasm and education overseas to benefit other countries. What a loss and for what good reason?

Faced with endless austerity Spain’s best are now taking advantage of Latin America’s economic boom. The average Spanish migrant is 30 years old, highly qualified and single. Imagine the tax and other losses to Spain.

Mexico is a big attraction. The Columbian consulate in Madrid is experiencing an unprecedented increase in work applications.

The consul, Lucy Osorno, says; “Exasperated by the situation at home, those who have some capital want to go abroad to invest.”

Adding that her country is generous when granting visas to Spaniards she goes on to say how her country needs such investment and is now modifying its ‘Columbians first’ legislation.

Every EU country is experiencing a blood-letting exodus of its young and talented generation. Making Europe safe for compliant migrant incomers without roots or a shared culture but a great source of cheap labour.

These emigrants are not desperate and clutching possessions so reminiscent of New York’s iconic Ellis Island at the beginning of the 20^th Century, but they are the country’s brightest talent. What an appalling haemorrhage of lost flair and wealth.  The only thing we learn from history is that we never learn from history. PLEASE SHARE OUR PUBLIC INFORMATION STORIES

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