ESKILSTUNA, SWEDEN — The middle-aged mover who collected an aging sofa from the family home my wife and her siblings are inheriting had a question for the Swedish people and the government in general.

“When we go, who will do these jobs?”

It’s a question being heard in many of the world’s developed countries today, including the United States.

A world of migrants

According to the United Nations , the world is in the midst of a huge migratory flux. At the end of 2024, 123.2 million people had been forced out of their homes, either through wars, general violence, human rights violations, persecutions or “events seriously disturbing public order.”

Of those, 42.7 million were refugees, and 8.4 million were seeking asylum.

The UN said more than 1 of every 67 people in the world today ha

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