Migration
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Such “wars of choice” have been the major factor in the surge of
migration
to Europe from the Middle East and North Africa.
The big, cosmopolitan cities of Beijing and Shanghai have grown dramatically, but the bulk of the urban
migration
has been to cookie-cutter small and medium-size industrial towns that have mushroomed over the last decade.
This will happen at a time when the country’s skewed demographics causes the workforce to shrink and the flow of
migration
from rural areas to cities to slow (the rural population now disproportionately comprises the elderly).
Massive
migration
to urban areas, high unemployment, low incomes, poor housing and sanitation, inadequate infrastructure, and social deprivation are shared symptoms of economic hubs where population growth has not been reconciled with cohesive approaches to public-health policy.
Every aspect of globalization – free trade, free movement of capital, and international
migration
– is under attack.
But this is not because of international trade or movements of people; after all, cross-border trade and
migration
have been happening for thousands of years.
Such a proposal will undoubtedly rile nationalist populists, who will oppose the deployment of a European force, even as they rail against
migration.
In addition to barring visitors from six predominantly Muslim countries, the administration is intent on restricting
migration
for high-skill workers, and is ramping up deportations of undocumented immigrants.
Ironically, it could also do great damage to the Mexican economy, likely resulting in increased undocumented
migration
to the US.
Without any such disruption, however, demographic trends suggest that
migration
from Latin America to the US will continue to decline steadily.
It might even help to steer the bitter debates over
migration
and trafficking of drugs and firearms in a more productive direction.
This huge gap spurs
migration.
If today’s globalization continues to widen income gaps, the waves of
migration
will grow.
If trade liberalization in goods and services proves too politically difficult to achieve in this decade, the benefits of liberalizing international labor flows is worth contemplating – not least because otherwise illegal
migration
is likely to increase.
Historical experience shows that
migration
is the fastest way to bring about a convergence in living standards.
We examined the costs and benefits of an expansion in international
migration
over a 25-year period, amounting to a 3% boost in host countries’ labor forces by 2025.
The economic logic is compelling: removing trade and
migration
barriers would be an exceptionally wise investment.
Though the government can use its hukou (household registration) system to slow that migration, even it cannot direct people to the specific cities with the most excess capacity.
While there will be some of that, there is likely also to be, for the first time, extensive discussion about Europe’s future and policies, especially in areas like migration, defense and security, energy and climate, and relations with major powers like the United States and Russia.
If
migration
is not possible, different wage structures are more likely to arise among countries – bringing different price structures with them.
The rise of incompetent states brings about huge challenges: proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, terrorism, religious and ethnic strife, rivalry for natural resources, waves of migration, drug trafficking, and deterioration of the environment.
That points to the third doom loop: migration, which weighed so heavily on the outcome of the Brexit referendum.
This would distribute the burden of the Syrian crisis over a larger number of states, while also establishing global standards for dealing with the problems of forced
migration
more generally.
Macron combined big ideas with many concrete proposals for closer cooperation on defense, migration, the environment, innovation, education, and much else.
The new prime minister has said she would not accept engagement in the single market without a deal on managing
migration.
In theory, the Norway option – membership of the European Economic Area – could be stretched to include a Liechtenstein-type protocol on limiting residency permits, or involve use of the EEA’s safeguard clause, which might allow restrictions on
migration
if inflows rose too quickly.
It is also essential to resolve the vexed issue of
migration.
And EEA negotiations should begin on the basis that our membership would include a protocol on
migration
and the ability to use the safeguard clause if pressures grow.
A common security policy will be vital to help the EU address another major challenge: the
migration
crisis.
Efforts to control
migration
must be undertaken alongside the fight against Islamist terrorism, because the public – rightly or wrongly – has come to believe that the two issues are linked.
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