People Power: Why We Need More Migrants

Cover page
Halftitle page
Title page
Copyright page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
1 Exploding Migration’s Ten Most Misleading Myths
	Myth 1: Europe has no need of migrants
	Myth 2: Migrants ‘take jobs’ from native Europeans
	Myth 3: Migrants raise the risk of jihadist terrorism
	Myth 4: Migrants come to ‘sponge’ off Europeans’ social welfare
	Myth 5: Migrants are a huge burden on Europe’s taxpayers
	Myth 6: Europe is so overcrowded there’s no room for migrants
	Myth 7: Migrants are ‘overwhelming whole cities’
	Myth 8: Cheaper migrant labour depresses wage levels
	Myth 9: Europe can’t afford the cost of more migrants
	Myth 10: Robots will make migrant labour unnecessary
	Misunderstandings and muddled official thinking
2 Like Covid-19, Migration is a Global Earthquake
	Migration’s longer-term challenges
	The full impact of Europe’s demographic deficit is yet to come
	The elusive goal of ‘managing’ migration
	Sorting refugees from economic migrants
	The ebb and flow of a world in flux
	Making sense of youth unemployment
	On the threshold of radical change
3 More Migrants, Please! The Economic Case
	The economic evidence is unambiguous
	Shrinking workforces mean shrinking economies
	Manpower shortages are far from just a British ailment
	Without migrants, who will pay for pensions?
	Where does Europe go from here?
4 Making ‘True Europeans’ of the Migrant Millions
	How should ‘integration’ be defi ned?
	The scale of the integration challenge
	Concentration or dispersal? The relocation dilemma
	Integration is less about ‘where’, more about ‘how’
	Is it the economy, stupid? No, it’s education
	How the private sector can help
5 From Covid-19 to Ageing: Migration’s ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’ Factors
	Fortress Europe? Good luck with that!
	Europe must make good use of its breathing space
	The incalculable costs of more migrants and more pensioners
	The unresolved issues no one wants to address
6 Only Help for Africa can Stem Migrant Surges
	African emigration is in only temporary abeyance
	Africa’s infrastructure nightmare
	Educating Africans for skilled jobs
	China’s ‘Scramble for Africa’
	What should EU investors and aid donors be doing?
	Prioritizing Africa’s backward agriculture
7 Jihadis, Gangsters and Nobel Laureates
	The lower end of the socio-economic spectrum
	Sorting criminal migrants from jihadist terrorists
	How real is the jihadist threat?
	Looking ahead: The migrants of tomorrow
8 More Migrant Jobs, or Fewer, in Post-Covid-19 Labour Markets?
	The Robot Revolution versus migrant workers’ cheaper labour
	Robotization’s upside will be new jobs
	Can immigration resolve Europe’s labour shortages?
	Improved productivity is one answer to Europe’s ageing
	The winners and losers in the Digital Age
	On education, spend more to win more
	Making sense of the ‘gig economy’
	Are trades unions ‘pro-migrant’?
9 Europe’s Common Migration Policy is a Mirage
	Europe’s fragmented national migration policies
	How Dublin became a dirty word
	Breaching the walls of ‘Fortress Europe’
	The faltering drive to encourage legal migration
	Looking ahead for new ideas
	The EU’s latest ‘last ditch’ migration defence plan
10 Design for a Realistic 2020–50 Immigration Strategy
	2020–2025 Immediate Measures
	2025–2035 Intermediate Measures
	2035–2050 Strategies for mid-century
Notes
Further Reading
Index