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Nov 2021
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The coming migration boom, with Parag Kh...

The New Statesman
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In the first of our new Monday interview episodes, International Editor Jeremy Cliffe interviews author, and geopolitical researcher Parag Khanna, the author of the new book Move: How Mass Migration Will Reshape the World.


They talk about the countries that are embracing migration, those that are having a harder time and how pressures such as climate change and ageing populations might transform where people live, and the tensions that could cause.


If you have a question on any topic of world news for our international team for You Ask Us, email podcasts@newstatesman.co.uk


Further reading:


Degrees of separation: why Cop26 is so important

The massive challenge of climate action in oil-dependent Iraq

Fears about climate migration are being used to build up borders




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