August 18, 2000
To Study Migration Today, Look to a Parallel Era
When I began my teaching career more than two decades ago, population growth was the main obsession of demographers. My focus was on the unfashionable subject of migration. I have always been interested in the crossing of boundaries, both geographical and cultural.
At the time, migration did, indeed, seem like something of a static topic, for the Western democracies all maintained liberal asylum and refugee policies, and sponsored the entry of "guest workers" from developing nations.
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