The downsides of increasing migration, which will almost certainly worsen our environmental problems, weren’t mentioned. Migration has environmental impacts because it increases our population, with proportional increases in resource use and waste products. It is sometimes claimed migration simply shifts environmental impacts from one country to another and so does no extra damage to the planet. Even the economic benefits are debatedEven the view that increasing migration produces economic benefits is not universal among economists. We can’t ignore the big pictureUnless we reduce our demands per person, our growing population inevitably increases pressures on our environment.

Source: The Guardian September 05, 2022 21:53 UTC