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Seen from a distance of 40 years, the benefits which the world has derived from the great migration movements of the past century appear so great that many people are inclined to believe that Europe’s present excess population problem could be solved if all barriers to migration were abolished, and if the stream of migrants was once more allowed to flow freely. Others hold the view that migration is no longer a solution, and that plans for increased industrialization and investments are preferable, because they would make it possible for the over-populated country to strengthen itself by retaining its population in an artificially inflated economy. Both these opinions are widely held and both are wrong.
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Citroen, H.A. (1951). Conclusions. In: European Emigration Overseas Past and Future. Publications of the Research Group for European Migration Problems, vol 2. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-0633-5_9
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