In the 50s-70s, mainly Germany, but other countries like Scandinavia, Belgium and Netherlands also had foreign guest workers come in to help out. It started out mainly with Europeans from more poorer countries but soon a big chunk of Middle Eastern/North African workers who started coming.
Many never actually followed with the "guest" part and stayed. I believe many even tried to reunite their families into the country. I've read an article that claimed in Germany for example, the influx of Turks in Germany had an effect on their society and the German governments handling of it all impacted led German chancellor Angela Merkel in late 2015 to say that Germany must learn from their guest worker "mistakes".
So I wondered what happened if this program never happened? Would those countries find other ways to get workers or was this inevitable?
Many never actually followed with the "guest" part and stayed. I believe many even tried to reunite their families into the country. I've read an article that claimed in Germany for example, the influx of Turks in Germany had an effect on their society and the German governments handling of it all impacted led German chancellor Angela Merkel in late 2015 to say that Germany must learn from their guest worker "mistakes".
So I wondered what happened if this program never happened? Would those countries find other ways to get workers or was this inevitable?