Philippe Legrain

An article in ABC Nyheter. Click hereDag Ekelberg of Civita writing about what I said in Dagbladet. Read it hereSofie Mathiassen interviewed me for Dagens Naeringsliv. Read it here

Click here to read the full article in Norwegian.

Amid all the hysteria among Muslims in Western societies, many people seem to think that every Muslim is a potential terrorist. The gap between prejudice and reality is huge.  

I debated the issue of Britain’s population is unsustainably large with Crispin Tickell on BBC Radio 4′s Today programme this morning. Listen to it here.

I spoke at a breakfast meeting in Oslo this morning organised by a Norwegian think-tank called Civita, along with Per-Willy Amundsen of the anti-immigration Progress party and Olaf Thommessen of the Liberal party. I got a fantastic reception. Thanks

The Office of National Statistics forecasts that Britain’s population will reach 70 million by 2030, with half of the 10 million rise due to migration. If this forecast proves to be correct, is it a bad thing? I debated this on Channel 4 News:

Read Tim Berry’s post here

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The British government is in a muddle over immigration – and it shows. Its decision to allow the Poles and other east Europeans who joined the EU in 2004 to come work here freely was brave and right. It has given the economy a new lease of life, filling shortages, revitalising ageing communities, and allowing [...]

Australia’s Herald Sun reports that: A British migration expert said yesterday Australia should open its borders to unskilled rather than skilled Asian migrants to do the dirty, difficult and dangerous jobs locals shunned. Philippe Legrain, a visiting fellow at the London School of Economics’ European Institute, also accused the Government of racism over its approach [...]

I am currently in Melbourne, attending and speaking at the 12th international Metropolis conference on migration. Yesterday I spoke about migration and the global economy, and tomorrow I’ll be speaking on the benefits of diversity.

As Britain’s pre-election fever hots up, David Davis, the Conservatives’ home affairs spokesman, has ratcheted up his party’s anti-immigration rhetoric. He said: Unchecked immigration is not inevitable … It’s what happens when you have a failed policy… We believe that some immigration benefits the UK but not all of it. We want the right people [...]

My keynote speech at the Confederation of Danish Industries’ annual business summit in Copenhagen last week:

I made the case for why Denmark needs more immigrants on Deadline, which is a bit like BBC Newsnight. The interview is in English with Danish subtitles.

I spoke at the Cato Institute in Washington, DC, last month about my book, with comments by Stuart Anderson of the National Foundation for American Policy. Watch it here.