The changing face of migration

Millions of people moved to work in wealthy countries in the past twenty years before the economic crisis of 2008, according to a migration expert.

Demetrios Papademetriou, President of the Migration Policy Institute says that many migrant workers are likely to move to developed countries when there is economic growth.

However, he adds, migration is affected when significant numbers of people are out jobs and some politicians start to advocate anti-immigration policies.

Lika Gueye of the International Monetary Fund asked Mr. Papademetriou about the patterns of migration before the economic crisis.

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