He says he supports the right to political asylum but wants to encourage skilled migrant labour while curbing economic migration.

He will claim that the 'real issues of immigration' are exploitation of migrant labour and 'pressure on hardpressed public services'.

Many of the families in the rural regions of the municipality were formerly supported by men who worked as migrant labour in local mines.

Migrant labour allows large companies to keep up with the changes in the market and fashions but still keep production inexpensive at home.

Additionally, female migrant labour has been indicated as a source for more egalitarian relationships within the family, decline of extended family patterns, and more nuclear families.