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The borders are closed. Migrants no longer pass. Immigrants considered undesirable were removed. Their children, who became suspects by administrative inheritance, have been re-examined, reclassified, sometimes fallen, often pushed to the beginning. Even grandchildren have discovered that integration can become a revocable promise, a precarious lease in the national home.
Europe has therefore regained control. On paper, it was a magnificent success. In speeches, a revival. In government statistics, a historical clarification. But in the streets, fields, hospitals, restaurants, construction sites, schools, retirement homes and warehouses, the real was less docile than slogans.
This podcast offers an economic and social dystopia: what becomes of an ageing continent when it expels those who hold its essential professions? Behind satire is a serious question: can we build lasting prosperity by removing the labour that makes it possible?
