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Populist surge makes it essential to spread gains of migration
Conflict over migration is now breaking out into the open in Western nations. But excessive limits would have a high cost too.
Tanveer AhmedColumnistDespite the visible anti-migration sentiment across the Western world, Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s policy of drastic reduction in Australia’s migration intake is both unprecedented in recent times and economically unrealistic.
Anti-migration protesters during riots outside the Holiday Inn Express in Manvers, England, at the weekend. The hotel is being used as an asylum hotel. Getty
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