This, in fact, has a very negative impact, both on the economies of the ACP countries, which, as a result of immigration, are losing the labour force and the qualified workers that are necessary for development, and on those EU countries that are the worst hit by illegal immigration, countries such as Italy, whose capacity to absorb immigrants has economic and occupational limits that cannot be exceeded if a social decline is to be avoided.
Aceasta are un impact negativ nu doar asupra economiilor din ţările ACP care, ca urmare a imigrărilor, pierd forţă de muncă şi muncitori calificaţi, necesari pentru dezvoltare, ci şi asupra acelor state din UE care resimt cel mai puternic fenomenul imigraţiei ilegale, ţări precum Italia, a cărei capacitate de a absorbi imigranţi are limite economice şi ocupaţionale, ce nu pot fi depăşite dacă nu ne dorim să asistăm la un declin social.