Summary lmmigrant labor, a modern variety o/ the work performed in ancient times by captured enemy slaves, is a necessary and no doubt ;,ermanent contribution for the good functlonlng of Industrial Europe. Legally, such mígration of labor is considered as a voluntary act but, in Jact, tt is economic pressure that conditions tt. Industrial development requires the presence of a proletariat duomed to perform hard, unpleasant or repetítious work. However, the reciptent countries, France, Switzerland, Benelux and West Ge·rmany are denying these ím.mtgrant workers their full rtghts as citicens. In the last named of those countries, 2.350.000 Turks, Yugoslavs, ltalians, Spaniards, Greeks and Portuguese are being treated as altens. In spile of certain legal guarantees regarding wages and working conditions, they nevertheless remain subject to the dealings o/ .the pe/ice whenever they infringe upon the rules. This is only the productive worktng class, condemned to silence. No endeavor is made to assimilate these immigrants. They are permanently living on a temporary basts, and this can be noticed tn the types of their houstng or the style of educatton gtven to thetr chtldren. Trade unions and the social democratic party generally confor-m to humanitartan principles, but solidarity ends whenever an tssue appears that ts related to what ts understood as tn «the tnterests o/ the nation». Furthermore, t/ there is a barrier between German and alien workers, created by traditional German xenophobta, it is also due to the tmmtgrants' behavior which ts narrowly dtrected towards tndivtdual and family goals. Such a barrier is only crossed by uncon-- venttonal and marginal students or tntellectuals. There is little or no proletarian internationaltsm. To favor such a cause one would /trst have to reject values of capttalisttc soctety and join the struggle against the natíonal bourgeoisie. Rlassunto Versione moderna di que/lo che fu il lavoro dei prigiontert ridotli in schtavitil. nell'antichttd, la manodopera emigrata rappresenta per l' Europa industrtale un apporto senza dubbio rüevante e necessario al suo /unzionamento. Giurtdicamente volontario, questo spostamento e in realtd condtzionato dalla presstoni economtche. Se le n.ecessitd dello svtluppo industriale esigono la presenza di un proletartato occupato sopratttitto tn lavori pesanti, «sporchi» e rtpetittvi, questi proletari non •vengono perb lntegrati con dlrttti di piena ctt_iadtnanaa del Paesi che li accolgono: Francia, , Svtz.rera, Benelux, Germania Federale. In quest'ultimo Paese, i 2 miltoni e 350.000 lavoratort turchi, iugoslavi, italtani, greci, spagnoli, portoghesi bene1tctano solo dí uno «statuto)) per strantert. Hanno qualche garanzza legale per salart e condizioni di lavoro, ma per il resto sono amministrati da norme di polizta, dato che esulano dalla «regala» nazionale. Essí sono solo 94
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