ABSTRACT
A striking feature of the international scene since World War II is the high proportion of migrants who can be regarded as human capital, i.e. the ‘professional, technical and kindred grades’. Advanced countries are keen to attract qualified manpower and they erect barriers against the entry of the unskilled; the actions of governments suggest that immigration policy has come to resemble tariff policy as an instrument for the pursuit of national gain, as the following statements show.
