The princely sum of 42 illegal workers have been rounded up sparking a furore from the Union movement. This is a worlwide phenomenon that plagues the planet, from Nth America to Europe. Third world economies are exporting their citizens to developed countries in an effort to alleviate their own responsibilities. We only have ourselves to blame for this predicament and no Union or Government Department will stop a person that is seeking a better quality of life no matter how hard we try. The unions should be motivating their membership base to accept the positions that these farmers are obviously struggling to fill with local labour instead of protesting. Sam Beechey should put some names and places to his comment of hundreds of illegal migrants working on Gippsland Farms. Let me remind you, they arrived to this country, granted entry and eventually filtered through the system gaining employment doing jobs that the locals wont do. I stand to be corrected but if it means produce not being picked and processed let them do it. I am of the opinion that rounding them up is only part of the solution. They are handling food, there are health issues that need addressing also.