![]() ![]() The migrants improve their standard of living by an average of fivefold. And the countries that they move from benefit because the rich countries aren't making enough babies. On the ignorance of Americans when it comes to history in “Suketu Mehta: ‘The migration debate is driven by populists – they can tell a false story well’” in The Guardian (2019 Aug 17).Many of the people who have come here did so to forget history, to turn their backs on history. I’m always shocked by the lack of historical awareness on the part of the average American. ![]() ![]() On the hypocrisy of the global debate about migration in “Suketu Mehta: ‘The migration debate is driven by populists – they can tell a false story well’” in The Guardian (2019 Aug 17).Essentially what I said was that people are coming to rich countries from poor countries not because they want to, but because rich countries had stolen the futures of poor countries.He was born in Kolkata, India, and raised in Mumbai where he lived until his family moved to New York City in 1977. Suketu Mehta (born 1963) is a writer based in New York City. ![]()
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