Migration, Europe, bias in research, health, education and housing

Migration, Europe, bias in research, health, education and housing

It’s remarkable how little research is available comparing the success of different countries’ immigration policies. This is partly because it is such a delicate topic, and partly because there are so many different criteria to judge what makes a successful policy. If the criterion is simply to keep people out, North Korea has the best policies.

Despite what some tabloid newspaper writers might think, it is generally good news if you live in a place where immigrants keep turning up. Affluent countries that have attracted high numbers of immigrants tend to be socially successful countries. The best countries for immigration are not only welcoming to immigrants but are also worth staying in, in that they have affordable housing and transport, good public education and healthcare, and jobs that are well paid.

read more here – a series of interviews given recently to the website “The Question”.

Or listen here to a talk about how living and working in the most economically unequal country in Europe may effect how we work and think, and then what we produce, as researchers working in the UK today: