Right wing politicians claim that the refugee crisis will change Europe, the world, forever. In reality, if you look at the world’s migration figures, a very different pictures arises. The actual number of global migrants is just a half percent of the world population or 36.5 million people. That’s a big and challenging number but not the horror you’ll hear some politicians talk about. The truth is that the global migration dynamic has remained constant at a low level for more than half a century. These interactive charts dispute most of what we hear about our borders.
Statistics show that most conventional wisdom about refugees is wrong
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