Migration Is a Win-Win-Win
An independent report commissioned by the U.N. has found that migration is simply good economics for everyone involved. The world's billion migrants actually boost employment in their destination communities while improving conditions back home.
An independent report commissioned by the U.N. has found that migration is simply good economics for everyone involved. The world’s billion migrants actually boost employment in their destination communities while improving conditions back home.
Countries that yield to xenophobia are only hurting their own economic fortunes, the report argues.
It’s worth reading the full release, linked below, which refutes many long-held myths about immigration. — PS
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Nearly 1 billion people are migrants, according to the report, with the overwhelming majority – 740 million – moving internally within their own countries. Less than three out of every 10 trans-national migrants move from a developing country to a rich one.
The report says the facts defy widely held beliefs about the economic impact of migrants, demonstrating instead that they typically enhance economic output in their new communities, give more than they take and have only a small effect on public finances.
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