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June 12th, 2007

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Mythbusting Global Migration

Map of global migration
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NPR tests the “knowns, unknowns and presumeds” of global migration in an interesting article I recommend you read. It is closely related to Curzon’s recent work on Demographics.

One myth I would like to draw your attention to is about the flow of people between the Gap and the Core:

Most migration is from poor countries to wealthy developed ones.
False. Some 60 percent of all global migration is within the developed world. This so-called “south-south migration” might include a Bangladeshi laborer moving to India or an Indian laborer moving to Kuwait, for example.

Don’t forget to check out the interactive map for a look at the trends and read the conversations in Curzon’s post.

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Grendel
June 13, 2007
1:39 am
In connection to that, Huntington's The Hispanic Challenge comes to my mind. The NPR link doesn't reflect on it.
Thomas P.M. Barnett :: Weblog
June 13, 2007
3:39 pm
People flows...

Coming Anarchy links to NPR's Immigration: Global Hot Spots map. This map comes from a post called Debunking Global Migration Myths in a true-false format which I don't find to be particularly useful. It would have been more useful to......