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Complicating matters further, these problems’ backdrop is likely to change considerably over the next few decades, owing to demographic shifts, population growth, urbanization,
migration
within and among countries, globalization, trade liberalization, and rapid expansion of middle classes in the developing world.
The
migration
crisis has also unleashed a wave of sympathy and humanitarian activism in some of the locales most directly affected by new arrivals.
Fortunately, global-governance institutions are taking the
migration
crisis seriously, and the Concordia Summit will coincide with the United Nations Summit for Refugees and Migrants, organized by the President of the UN General Assembly.
If the international community fails to capitalize on this meeting of minds, the costs of the
migration
crisis will only continue to rise, as will the nativist movements that now threaten decades of progress on human rights and international cooperation.
Economists regard
migration
as a movement of individuals in search of a better life and call for more immigration to offset population aging, or to provide workers to do the “dirty jobs.”
But such evocations of “economic man” miss a key dimension of migration: People carry their culture with them across political frontiers.
Rather than opposing immigration, they ought to offer an intelligent
migration
policy.
Changing weather patterns are already affecting the lives of millions of Africans by reducing food security, facilitating the spread of diseases like malaria, and prompting mass
migration.
Those disagreements – amplified by persistent differences on basic facts – impeded progress in other areas where greater consensus might have been possible, including Iran, some other Middle East issues, North Korea, migration, and refugee relief.
First, in order to prevent nuclear migration, all land, sea, and air routes out of the country in question would have to be controlled, and homeland security near and far would have to be strengthened.
History placed Merkel amid raging storms: a series of eurozone crises that drove wedges between Europeans; economic tensions at home that fueled social fragmentation; and the largest
migration
wave since World War II, which intensified European and domestic anxieties.
In 2016, Merkel successfully eased
migration
pressure on Europe by securing a deal to keep migrants in Turkey.
Addressing climate change, increased migration, and the revolution in information and communication technologies (ICT) will require new, comprehensive international agreements to protect the interests of sovereign countries.
We need to change public opinion and build bridges in policy areas that are currently creating divisions, including migration, posted workers from one country to another within the EU, and energy policy.
Sarkozy has said that he wants to focus the French EU presidency on promoting measures to deal with climate change, reviewing European
migration
policy, and re-energizing the ESDP, in line with France’s decision to return to NATO.
The European
migration
crisis and the Brexit debate fed on each other.
So I decided to create a session entitled Sixty Million Refugees, and invited some of our discipline’s most distinguished scholars on
migration.
Another paper, by Susan F. Martin of Georgetown University, described the arbitrariness of our current refugee procedures, calling for “legal frameworks based on the need for protection, rather than the triggering causes of the migration.”
These
migration
pressures present a potential solution to Europe’s labor-market problem.
Moreover, given the massive increase in
migration
that would be needed to offset the impact of population aging in Europe, this would be only a partial solution at best.
Likewise, efforts to help developing countries create jobs and improve quality of life will reduce irregular
migration
and help avert its social costs.
Yet, this year, there has been a spike in angst over migration, in what seems like a delayed reaction not only to the huge influx three years ago, but also to the sense of insecurity brought on by the 2008 global financial crisis.
Those challenges extend far beyond
migration
and the enduring euro debate.
Such concerns should also guide the new Commission in the design of a common
migration
policy, one that not only silences the xenophobes, but that also gives coherence to the border-free Schengen Area – one of Europe’s greatest achievements.
Our work at the OECD shows that migration, if well managed, can spur growth and innovation.
Unfortunately, in the past,
migration
has not always been well managed: migrants have been concentrated in ghetto-like conditions, with few public services or employment prospects.
Compounded by the deepening integration of the region through Chinese
migration
and extractive development policies, Uyghur protests erupted throughout the late 1990s, eventually leading to isolated bombings, attacks on Uyghur sympathizers to Chinese rule, and violent responses to Chinese police actions against illegal social gatherings and activities.
The wave never hit, but its specter fed a tenacious anti-immigrant populism that has concealed an important new trend:
migration
to Europe – and to the United States – has largely stalled.
Debunking the myths about
migration
– that most immigrants enter unlawfully, for example, or that immigration displaces existing workers – would be a good place to start.
But examples of smart
migration
practices abound.
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