Tower Center Fellow and Oxford Professor Alexander Betts argues that accepting refugees can lead to an economic boost for the host country. He says the refugee problem is one of politics rather than numbers.
“For a long time, there has been an organised hypocrisy in the way the West responds to refugees,” Betts said. “On the one hand, states have signed up to refugee conventions and made commitments to respect the human rights of all migrants. On the other, they’re engaged in a competition to deter and avoid responsibility for taking in refugees.”
Read Global Citizen’s article on Betts and his “radical idea” here.