Since the number of naturalizations runs over 1 million per year, the majority of immigration is "chain immigration".
Yeah, that's pretty much what I figured.
really the driver is high disparity in income between countries
It's been said that the best way to reduce emigration from a given place is to make it rich, and the best way to reduce immigration into a place is to make it poor.
Perhaps this was the secret plan behind the Leave campaign. :)
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Date: 2016-07-02 12:46 am (UTC)Yeah, that's pretty much what I figured.
really the driver is high disparity in income between countries
It's been said that the best way to reduce emigration from a given place is to make it rich, and the best way to reduce immigration into a place is to make it poor.
Perhaps this was the secret plan behind the Leave campaign. :)
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Date: 2016-07-02 02:13 am (UTC)Snurk!