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Aid Can Curb Migration. The Question Is How (Bloomberg)

November 13, 2015

From the article: Developed countries spend $135 billion a year on foreign aid, on everything from building schools and distributing bed nets to training people how to organize a political party. As Europe's migration crisis deepens, an uncomfortable question gets harder to ignore: Should rich countries use more of that money to keep people away?

Europe's Refugee Crisis

That question is morally fraught. The arrival of an estimated 1 million migrants in the European Union this year -- with 1.5 million more projected in 2016 -- has fueled populism and xenophobia. The suggestion that keeping people out is a worthwhile goal can sound like an endorsement of nativism.

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