Nigel Harris (1)

Very interesting, and still relevant a decade after publication. This offers a quick and informative primer on immigration: why people move, where they move to/from and who chooses to move. It explains thoroughly the benefits immigration bring countries smart enough to open their borders, and how the prohibitive laws and border controls both damage the country's economy and make possible criminal networks of traffickers. It does a great job of countering some prejudices I wouldn't have even show more admitted to having, which was for me one of its strengths. I would definitely recommend this book. show less

This book was sent to me by the publisher after a heated debated on immigration at a dinner party some years ago. The author makes a compelling arguement for freedom of restriction and common sense. Much of the scaremongering about immigration in our tabloid papers is racism and intolerance masquerading as concern. We have to challenge the rhetoric, stop using emotive phrases such as 'swamped' and 'flooded' and look at the evidence. Harris has set it all out.

An early examination of the NICs (newly industrialising countries). Harris suggests that the category 'Third World' was ceasing to be u seful.

Reviewed in the October 1968 issue of the Socialist Standard:

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