Migration is an expression of the human aspiration for dignity, safety and a better future. It is part of the social fabric, part of our very make-up as a human family
We cannot and should not stop people from migration. We have to give them a better life at home. Migration is a process, not a problem.
History in its broadest aspect is a record of man's migrations from one environment to another.
Remember, remember always, that all of us, and you and I especially, are descended from immigrants and revolutionists.
We can't deter people fleeing for their lives. They will come. The choice we have is how well we manage their arrival, and how humanely.
All human stories are migration stories because everyone is a refugee from their own childhood.
I had always hoped that this land might become a safe and agreeable asylum to the virtuous and persecuted part of mankind, to whatever nation they might belong.
The land flourished because it was fed from so many sources--because it was nourished by so many cultures and traditions and peoples.
Migration has been politicized before it has been analyzed.
Poetry is a sky dark with a wild-duck migration.
Migration is a feature of globalisation. You can’t stop it; so every time a political party says it is going to be tough on immigration, it fails to deliver and loses trust.
I think massive migration is inevitable. As sea levels rise, as climate change happens, as fertile fields become arid, as wars are fought, people are going to move. They always have.
We must force the government to stop the bird migration. We must shoot all birds, field all our men and troops... and force migratory birds to stay where they are.
A nation that cannot control its borders is not a nation.
Recognize yourself in he and she who are not like you and me.
Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.
Actually what is happening in the twenty-first century, this is the great century of migration, so we have people from all around the globe going all over the place, and they have to integrate into a society, that society that exists has to integrate with them. Both sides have to work at it. It's not a one-way thing.
I'm a big believer that as much as possible, and there's obviously political limitations, freedom of migration is a good thing.
Migration - whether emigration or return - at the micro level is an individual choice, and government both at the Centre and the states have role only to facilitate the decision of the individuals.
Although mountains may guide migrations, the plains are the regions where people dwell in greatest numbers.
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
I simply don't understand the refugee crisis. The history of humanity can be told through a story of migration and settlement. If I can't protect my family, I'm coming to where you are; I'm just coming. It's a round world, and we've all got to get on with it and move on.
If we do not change our negative habits toward climate change, we can count on worldwide disruptions in food production, resulting in mass migration, refugee crises and increased conflict over scarce natural resources like water and farm land. This is a recipe for major security problems.
Furthermore, the study of the present surroundings is insufficient: the history of the people, the influence of the regions through which it has passed on its migrations, and the people with whom it came into contact, must be considered
There's a whiff of the lynch mob or the lemming migration about any overlarge concentration of like-thinking individuals, no matter how virtuous their cause.
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