The Myth of the Muslim Tide: Immigration, Islam and the West
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A version of this essay appears in the 2021 edition of Mixed Migration Review .
By Doug Saunders [1]
Border closures and mobility controls imposed by governments during the COVID-19 pandemic have brought to light a subject often absent from national policy discussions — the important, and in some cases indispensable, economic role played by irregular migrants. While a substantial scholarly literature and longstanding political debate surrounds the contributions and costs of regular immigrants and labour migrants, the concealed nature of irregular migration, and the frequent unwillingness of employers and g
The Myth of the Muslim Tide: Immigration, Islam and the West