ABSTRACT
This chapter examines ethical issues posed by the migration of people from the Marxist perspective on human affairs. This subject is remote from the mainstream concerns of that perspective, and it will therefore be necessary to unpack and rework most of the terms to be found in the title of this text. The first section will examine, very briefly, the complex nature of the tradition(s) of Marxism and their generally uneasy relationship to ethics. The second more substantial part of the chapter will attempt to explain why the usual terms employed to discuss problems of migration have little in the way of purchase when it comes to Marxist thought, and will suggest one or two ways in which ethical problems posed by migration have been and/or could be formulated within the tradition. The final section will examine some occasions when writers within the mainstream of Marxism have found themselves forced to come to terms with these issues, with a view to elaborating both their methods and their conclusions.
