Authoritative and mythbusting this is the one book you need to read to understand why weve been wrong about migrationAn important book that will force Left and Right alike to reconsider old assumptions The TelegraphThis book should be falling out of briefcases all over Westminster Tortoise MediaCareful balanced and convincing . . . challenges much of what we think is obvious about migration Ian Morris author of Why the West Rules For NowGlobal 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 espoused by both left and right that politicians interest groups and media regularly spread about migration.Comparing trends and perspectives from Western destination countries UK US and Europe as well as origin countries in Asia Africa and Latin America de Haas equips readers with essential knowledge on migration based on the best evidence and data showing migration not as a problem to be solved nor as a solution to a problem but as it really is.Above all How Migration Really Works offers a new vision of migration based on facts rather than fears and a paradigmaltering understanding of this perennially important subject.