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. You can read more about their research here. The authors conclude that, while immigrants may be more likely to commit terrorism, they are not necessarily responsible for it. 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.”
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. The authors conclude that, while immigrants may be more likely to commit terrorism, they are not necessarily responsible for it. 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.”