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Big issues, such as migration, narcotics, or the environment, no longer fall within a traditional left-right framework.
Rural-urban migration.
Do we view globalization – with technology, communication, migration, and travel pushing us closer together – as something to be embraced but made to work fairly, or as a threat to our traditional way of life that must be resisted?
Contrary to glib assumptions, globalization of capital, trade, and migration flows is not “good for everyone.”
Migration undoubtedly brings many benefits – London is a wonderful city partly because it is a cosmopolitan melting pot of diverse cultures.
The precise impact of migration on wages is hotly debated among economists, but no economy can face a sudden surge in labor supply without some adverse consequences for at least some groups of “native” workers.
For all these reasons, increased migration to the UK was bound to produce a political reaction.
Indeed, faced with emerging concerns about migration, establishment politicians and academic economists responded either by dismissing the concerns as closet racism, or by denying that adverse consequences even existed; either way, millions of citizens were apparently suffering from false consciousness.
But if at least some people are suffering from real problems, lectures about the benefits of migration will only enrage them more.
The failure of the UK’s “Remain” campaign to rebut concerns about migration reflects the wider inability of the global elite to convince people that the free movement of capital, goods, and people is in general good for everyone.
In the US, the main future challenge probably will be the impact of trade, rather than migration, because the era of large-scale influxes from Latin America may soon come to an end, as declining fertility rates stabilize populations throughout the region.
Paradoxically, US presidential candidate Donald Trump has managed to excite support for his absurd plan to build a wall on the border with Mexico at the very moment when net migration from Mexico is turning negative.
Unless this increase is accompanied by rising prosperity and rapidly expanding job opportunities, large and continuous migration flows across the Mediterranean will become inevitable.
The whole of Europe therefore faces two enormous challenges: helping to foster economic development in Africa and the Middle East, and coping as best as possible with the significant migration flows which are bound to occur, with significant adverse consequences for some citizens.
When migration is undertaken in a legal, orderly way, the public supports it.
The good news is that there have been important advances during the last decade in managing migration.
Moldova will be an increasingly safe neighbor for the EU and a good partner in managing migration flows.
Mitigating the adverse humanitarian consequences (associated with cross-border migration), and geopolitical impact of this storm would be no easy feat.
In Sweden, which has taken in the second-highest number of asylum-seekers in Europe – and the highest number per capita – migration authorities may now establish safe zones for women at asylum centers, where Christians and gays have also reported harassment.
As a result, the migration deal concluded in March now hangs by a thread.
Creating a rule of law and institutions for political participation has lagged behind economic growth, and growing inequality, massive internal migration, an inadequate social safety net, and corruption could foster political instability.
But these parties have deepened their cooperation with one another since the last European elections in 2014, particularly on the issue of migration.
The world must unite behind all efforts to eradicate poverty as a vital first step toward overcoming the many other challenges – from migration to terrorism – that we face today.
In the United Kingdom, the Brexit vote was fueled partly by false and distorted claims, such as that unrestrained migration from the rest of Europe was driving down wages.
Judging by my years spent studying the international migration of highly skilled workers, not to mention living as an immigrant, a rational and balanced debate on immigration must begin with the perspective of immigrants themselves.
In this sense, the economic migration challenge boils down to an issue of job brokerage.
Still, given the dearth of opportunities at home, many young Africans view migration as a chance for social mobility.
Africa’s vision for economic integration, as set out in the African Union’s Agenda 2063, cannot be realized without labor migration that creates African careers paths for young people.
In fact, the desire for self-improvement through migration is a key element of the human story – one that no desert, sea, or artificial barrier has been able to quell.
And Africa’s international partners have remained preoccupied with containing migration from the continent, rather than addressing its underlying causes.
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