How migration benefits economies and food security
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22.06.18
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BY KATE AMBLER, ALAN DE BRAUW AND ELENA HILDEBRANDT
The current political climate and global refugee crisis has led to increasing anti-immigrant rhetoric throughout the world. Migration skeptics make three common arguments to back restrictive policies: Migrants and refugees consume government resources, raise rates of violent crime, and displace native workers.
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