A VITALLY IMPORTANT BOOK CHALLENGING THE MANY MISCONCEPTIONS SURROUNDING THE TOPIC OF IMMIGRATION.A book that will force Left and Right alike to reconsider old assumptions . . . an important book The TelegraphA careful balanced and convincing take . . . challenges much of what we think is obvious about migration Ian Morris author of Why The West Rules For NowAuthoritative and mythbusting this is the one book you need to read to understand why weve been wrong about migration perfect for fans of Tim Marshalls Prisoners of GeographyGlobal migration is not at an alltime high.Climate change will not lead to mass migration.Immigration mainly benefits the wealthy not workers.Border restrictions have paradoxically produced more migration.These statements might sound counterintuitive or just outright wrong but the facts behind the headlines reveal a completely different story to the ones were told about migration. In this groundbreaking and revelatory book based on more than three decades of research leading expert Professor Hein de Haas explodes myths from left to right that politicians interest groups and media regularly spread about migration.Above all How Migration Really Works offers a new vision of global migration based on facts rather than fears and a paradigmaltering understanding of this perennially important subject.