The Economist On-line Debate On International Migration

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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