Finland. Finland enacted a law in July 2024 that allows border guards to refuse entry to asylum seekers who cross its 830-mile border with Russia. Finland accused Russia of weaponizing migrants by ...

Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau has been in power since 2015; the next election must be held by October 20, 2025. Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre blames Trudeau for admitting too many ...

The UN in July 2024 projected that the world’s population of 8.2 billion would peak at 10.3 billion in 2084 and decline to 10.2 billion by 2100. When the world’s population peaks in 60 years, the UN ...

There have been many efforts to uncover the secrets to rapid economic growth. Most explanations for persisting poverty center on three factors: Geography stresses that most poor countries are in the ...

The H-2A program allows US farm employers who anticipate shortages of seasonal workers to be certified by DOL to recruit and employ H-2A workers to fill seasonal farm jobs for up to 10 months.

The Census of Agriculture reported that 437,000 US farms had $42 billion in expenses for hired farm labor in 2022, and 195,000 farms had $10 billion in expenses for contract labor, for a total of $52 ...

Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris in August 2024 blamed “corporate price gouging” by meatpackers and food manufacturers for high grocery prices. Most economists disagreed, pointing to ...

Florida’s SB 1718 in 2023 imposed state sanctions on employers who hire unauthorized workers. In April 2024, Florida enacted HB 433 to block local governments such as Miami-Dade from requiring ...

US meatpacking (NAICS 31161 animal slaughtering and processing) includes 2,564 establishments that employed an average 545,000 workers in 2023 who earned an average $1,020 a week or $53,000 a year if ...

USDA reported that farmers spent $48 billion on labor in 2023, making hired labor 10 percent of total farm production expenses. Crop farms accounted for three-quarters of the labor expenses. The ...

The UK’s Migration Advisory Committee released a report in July 2024 that reviewed the Seasonal Worker Scheme and urged the British government to plan for a long-term farm guest worker program and ...