Wednesday, December 14, 2011

Perceptions of Migration Clash With Reality, Report Finds

By Caroline Brothers, New York Times
December 5, 2011

PARIS — Perceptions of the impact of migration in some countries are so distorted that their citizens estimate that there are as many as three times the number of immigrants living there than is actually the case, a global migration body says in a report being released on Tuesday.

In “World Migration Report for 2011,” the International Organization for Migration, a 132-member intergovernmental body based in Geneva, warns that misinformation about migration fans “harmful stereotypes, discrimination and xenophobia.” [...]

Read the full article:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/06/world/europe/perceptions-of-migration-clash-with-reality-report-finds.html?ref=world

Read the report:
http://publications.iom.int/bookstore/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=37&products_id=752&zenid=86e083135fcd6aae6bd3d334d4cb4e5d

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