The Economist’s motion is “This house believes that there is too much international migration”. Migrationwatch Chairman, Sir Andrew Green, is one of the debate’s expert guests.
There are opening, rebuttal, and concluding statements from two main debaters, with commentary from the expert guests.
The debate, which started on 8 September, is moderated by Adam Roberts, the Economist’s news editor.
To vote and to add your view to the debate go to http://www.economist.com/debate
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An analysis of the Office for National Statistics’ estimates of population change, year-ending June 2025. The Office for National Statistics estimates that the population of
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