Against a backdrop of debate over the security issues posed by immigration , a new paper has emerged suggesting that there is no real link between immigration and terrorism . ‘ Does Immigration Induce Terrorism ? ’ , published this week by the University of Cambridge , uses 30 years ' worth of research on migration flows , weighted by the number of terrorist attacks in the immigrants ’ countries of origin . Some correlation between the instability resulting from a refugee crisis and the threat of terrorism was discovered , but the paper notes that this was a smaller and temporary effect . The paper ’s lead author noted : “ When migrants move from one country to another , they acquire skills , knowledge and perspectives , which stimulate technological innovation , the diffusion of new ideas and economic growth . ”
Against a backdrop of debate over the security issues raised by immigration, a new paper has emerged suggesting that there is no real link between immigration and terrorism. ‘Does Immigration Induce Terrorism?’, published this week by the University of Chicago, uses 30 years' worth of data on migration flows, weighted by the number of terrorist attacks in the immigrants’ countries of origin. Some correlation between the instability resulting from a refugee crisis and the threat of terrorism was discovered, but the paper notes that this was a smaller and temporary phenomenon. The paper’s lead author noted: “When migrants move from one country to another, they carry skills, knowledge and perspectives, which stimulate technological innovation, the diffusion of new ideas and economic growth.”