How Migration Really Works

A careful, balanced, and convincing take on one of the most divisive issues of our age. Backed by masses of data, Hein de Haas challenges much of what we think is obvious about migration, systematically busting myths and exposing propaganda from all across the political spectrum – Ian Morris * author of Why The West Rules – For Now *A book that will force Left and Right alike to reconsider old assumptions … [De Haas’s] insights hold the key to effective migration policy … An important book, which should become a standard textbook for anyone seeking to have a real impact on migration – Baroness Arminka Helic * The Telegraph *A powerful debunking of myths about global migration, and an indictment of the political dishonesty that generates them … a clear and rigorous corrective that aims to give the general reader the tools for a more informed debate in future – Daniel Trilling * Guardian *Fact-filled, well-argued and authoritatively written … There is much to commend in this book, which effortlessly summarises decades of social science research on migration … De Haas has written a valuable book that, whatever one’s views on immigration, will challenge many of the reader’s idées reçues and leave them better informed – Yuan Yi Zhu * The Times *Prepare to have your mind changed … de Haas shows that everything we think we know about migration is wrong. How Migration Really Works is a carefully evidenced critique … I am rereading this book (something crabbed reviewers never normally do) – Simon Ings * New Scientist *An illuminating book – Alan Beattie * Financial Times *This new study of migration and its attendant myths should be falling out of briefcases all over Westminster – Serena Cesareo * Tortoise Media *De Haas deftly fillets the myriad myths in which our contradictory attitudes to immigration are rooted – Kenan Malik * Observer *An impressively wide-ranging book … de Haas provides a welcome corrective to common misconceptions – Alan Gamlen * Nature *An extraordinary and compelling book … takes two dozen myths about migration and ruthlessly demolishes them – Gavin Esler * Perspective *

Hein de Haas is Professor of Sociology at the University of Amsterdam (UvA) and Professor of Migration and Development at the University of Maastricht. He formerly taught at the University of Oxford, where he co-founded and co-directed the International Migration Institute (IMI). He is lead author of The Age of Migration, a seminal textbook in the field of migration studies.