Migrationsforskningen understreger, at det ikke er de fattigste af de fattige, der rejser ud. At rejse kræver ressourcer, og det er sjældent de allerfattigste fra udsatte lande, der drager af sted.
Migranter sender årligt 300 mia. dollar hjem årligt via officielle kanaler. Beløbet er større end den samlede internationale udviklingsbistand.
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Jeppe Wedel-Brandt: It's a really good analysis of migration and European border policy by the French economist (and former editor of Multitudes) Yann Moulier Boutang