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Henrietta Moore: Let’s be honest about immigration

21 April 2015

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In an article for the Telegraph, Professor Henrietta Moore debates the appropriateness of media responses to immigration. She uses the facts to bring to bear a less-discussed question: why are so many people globally on the move?

If we are to address immigration, Prof. Moore calls for a deeper understanding of ‘why people would be willing to uproot their whole lives and move to a strange land in the first place’.

The question, of course, turns the burden of responsibility on the ‘global north’ and our resource-demanding habits.

Read the full article on the Telegraph website.

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