After the Promised Land
Rising anti-immigrant populism in Europe and the US has concealed an important new trend: migration to both has largely stalled. That reversal is one of the great under-reported stories of 2011 (and of the preceding two years), and the numbers are startling.
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LONDON – At the height of the Arab uprisings last spring, many Europeans were gripped by nightmare visions of a tsunami of migrants crashing against the continent’s shores. The wave never hit, but its specter fed a tenacious anti-immigrant populism that has concealed an important new trend: migration to Europe – and to the United States – has largely stalled. In many countries, more immigrants are leaving than are arriving, owing mainly to the economic crisis that has drained jobs in the West.