Immigration can, and already has, offset many of the consequences of population ageing and labour shortages in Europe, a United Nations global study has concluded.
By itself, however, it does not solve the problems of struggling pension programmes.
From 1995 to 2000, the European population would have shrunk by 4.4 million if 5 million migrants had not arrived during that period, says this year’s UN World Economic and Social Survey.
Even if 600,000 immigrants a year arrive ...
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