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Davos Dispatch: IOM chief talks about the realities of migration and deportation
Migration is surging worldwide — as is the backlash to it. Perhaps nowhere is this backlash more evident at the moment than in the United States, where newly minted President Donald Trump has said he will deport all of the estimated 11 million undocumented immigrants living in the country.
Amy Pope doesn’t think that is practical, or productive.
Pope, director-general of the International Organization for Migration, which falls under the United Nations, told Devex that such a mass deportation would have a range of repercussions, assuming it’s even feasible.
“In the United States where you’re…
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