Virtues learned from wandering balls

When averaged over the year, the migration 2024 topic is even hotter than this summer’s peak temperature. In a year hyper-charged with political elections, the past few months have cast immigration challenges and migration fears to the forefront of many electoral races. However, what was not proven to be fulfilled were expectations of fundamental migration policy shifts in any direction at any national or supra-national elections. By time of this writing near mid-summer, the voting tide of the past six months has already crested in mega contests in India, Mexico, and the EU, and already what’s left of pre-election rhetoric filled with common fears and varying toxicity is not much more than the usual rubble of old promises in minorly changed realities of power. It must nonetheless be expected that until the end of the year, vitriolic migration debates will continue to haunt voters in developed and emerging economies alike