TWO SIDES OF IMMIGRATION: A COMPARISON BETWEEN MIGRATION WATCH UK AND MIGRATION MATTERS

Julio Davies

doi:10.22409/enfil.v3i5.44313

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Julio Davies

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https://doi.org/10.22409/enfil.v3i5.44313

Mots-clés:

Migration, Think Tanks, Public policy

Résumé

This paper discusses the creation of two think tanks in Britain exclusively dedicated to Migration. Migration Watch UK takes a negative view of migration, urging for ‘control’ of it, whereas Migration Matters, created a few years after aims to evidence how good migration is for British economy, and how much worse would be performing if immigrants are removed. Is migration necessarily a good or a bad thing? To what extent think tanks are enlightening for politicians, media and public policy? An analysis of these two Think Tanks aims to provide more insights to debate contemporary politics.

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