Wherever I turn on the World Wide Web, immigration is one of the topmost topics lately. Rich countries are being inundated with immigrants from poor ones, who are fleeing either war or famine resulting from crop failure. America and Europe are thus in the news. The far right wants not only to stop the inflow of immigrants, but also to expel all those who have managed to get in by hook or by crook. The silent majority is leaning this way, too, while the far left is either very quiet or gone the way of the dodo. There is an outcry when something horrible happens, like when a pile of dead immigrants is found in a boat or a truck operated by reckless people traffickers, but that is about all. Clear and cogent ideas about how to deal with the growing problem are nowhere to be found. So, how do I look at immigration at this time? To begin with, the rich countries could have helped the poor ones many decades ago so as to stem the immigrant flow, but it is way to late to attempt anything of this sort at this stage. More important, climate change and environmental degradation will only add to the flow of immigrants. And how. The problems now faced by America and Europe are nearly negligible by comparison with problems yet to come. The last decade or so has seen some fifty-million people on the move, but by a decade from now that number may well increase tenfold, and perhaps even more than that. Soon enough, several billion people will be looking for a safer place, basic shelter, plain clothing, something to eat, and water to drink. Put differently, the present immigration problem strikes me as nigh trivial. But I cringe when I look a decade or two into the future. The hungry hordes stretch all the way to the horizon.