Immigrants

In a globalized world, says British journalist Philippe Legrain, we need fresh thinking about the issue of immigration. Legrain deals forthrightly with the hot topics of immigration, defusing them with thorough and sober analysis and insight. He explicitly addresses concerns such as Do immigrants displace local workers? and Do Muslim immigrants threaten our security and our way of life? He acknowledges that immigrants inevitably change societies, often for the better in his view, and he would change the way the issue is debated from a nationalistic perspective to a global one. Reminding us that high-skilled migration benefits countries, and that immigrants often take jobs others do not want, Legrain considers the view that free movement across national borders is an idea whose time has come--and he offers proposals on how it can work. Copyright (C) Muze Inc. 2005. For personal use only. All rights reserved.