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Really good French restaurant in the middle of nowhere (Thanks to Samantha)
My old friend Gallya who is a Politics professor specialized in immigration is staying with us in the south west of France. She is in the process of writing a book on migration and security and has mentioned a few times the fact that the number of people residing in a country different to their one of birth is less than 4%. After some research on the internet it seems that less than 10 million people migrate each year (that's less than 0.1% of the world population. In view of these numbers it seems strange that immigration has become such an issue in Europe and the United States. The most surprising thing is that anti-immigrant feelings are often strongest in areas with the least immigrants. It's clear that people are not afraid of real immigrants who live next door, go to the same local school and come round to borrow bread. They are afraid of the virtual ones who exist in their imagination. Maybe the best way to resolve the "immigration issue" is to let more in rather than less. Imaginary monsters are much more frightening than real ones. So lets transform our immigrants into neighbors.
Really good French restaurant in the middle of nowhere (Thanks to Samantha)
My old friend Gallya who is a Politics professor specialized in immigration is staying with us in the south west of France. She is in the process of writing a book on migration and security and has mentioned a few times the fact that the number of people residing in a country different to their one of birth is less than 4%. After some research on the internet it seems that less than 10 million people migrate each year (that's less than 0.1% of the world population. In view of these numbers it seems strange that immigration has become such an issue in Europe and the United States. The most surprising thing is that anti-immigrant feelings are often strongest in areas with the least immigrants. It's clear that people are not afraid of real immigrants who live next door, go to the same local school and come round to borrow bread. They are afraid of the virtual ones who exist in their imagination. Maybe the best way to resolve the "immigration issue" is to let more in rather than less. Imaginary monsters are much more frightening than real ones. So lets transform our immigrants into neighbors.
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