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The other countries with higher intake (as a percentage of national population) of migrants or of foreign-born persons, as you can see from the Wikipedia links
by tokenadult 12y ago
The other countries with higher intake (as a percentage of national population) of migrants or of foreign-born persons, as you can see from the Wikipedia links you have kindly shared, are mostly special cases of countries with a very high percentage of refugees or guest workers. For countries accepting permanent residents with a path to citizenship, the United States still ranks plenty high on a percentage basis, and the absolute numbers are much of what generates population growth in the United States these days. I'll have to take a look at your article and ponder it awhile. We need perspective like yours (American living abroad) a lot more on Hacker News. Thanks for your reply.
- davidw 12y ago> mostly special cases of countries with a very high percentage of refugees or guest workers. Yes, there are certainly plenty of those (and there are some arguments in favor of that, too: http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120179/how-reduce-global-income-inequality-open-immigration-policies http://www.newrepublic.com/article/120179/how-reduce-global-... ) But there are also others, like Sweden, Canada, Norway, Australia and Spain (and even Italy) that are broadly similar to the US - and in most cases offer much more in terms of government benefits.