# Refugees, economic migration and the future of the world economy

- Institution: Gresham College
- Speaker: Nigel Harris
- Year: 2009
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Economics, Society and politics, Philosophy
- Source: [Gresham College](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/watch-now/refugees-economic-migration-and-future-world-economy)
- Licence: [Educational use (Gresham College's terms)](https://www.gresham.ac.uk/terms-and-conditions)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

In the 1990s, the advanced economics appeared no longer self-sufficient in labour supplies. Without permanent mechanisms to recruit workers (or students) from the rest of the world, economic growth could be threatened - or the labour force would be overwhelmed by foreign workers working illegally. In the late 1990s, the inflow of irregular migrants - to meet strong labour demand - reached levels that wrecked the refugee system. In the popular mind, the adjective "bogus" became indissolubly cemented to the noun "asylum-seeker".

## Lectures

1. [Refugees, economic migration and the future of the world economy](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/gresham/refugees-economic-migration-and-future-world-economy/1f6c65116b0d) (YouTube)