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The Myth of Invasion: the inconvenient realities of African migration to Europe

African migration to Europe is commonly seen as a tidal wave of desperate people fleeing poverty and warfare at home trying to enter the elusive European el Dorado. Typical ‘solutions’ proposed by politicians include increasing border controls or boosting African ‘stay-at-home’ development. However, such apocalyptic views are based on fundamentally flawed assumptions about the (limited) … Continue reading The Myth of Invasion: the inconvenient realities of African migration to Europe