Paul Collier Exodus Summary

Migration has been a global issue for a long time, bringing global social inequality, lack of resources especially ones that are caused by climate change, conflict, and natural disasters. In the book ‘Exodus’ written by Paul Collier, a British economics professor at University of Oxford, talks about immigration and the impacts of it (especially on the poor people). Collier talks about the diaspora networks facilitate new immigration and the aspects based on how it affects the poor people. Collier also argues that we should have a more less ‘liberal policy on migration from the poor countries to the rich. Furthermore, because of the book ‘Exodus,’ Collier gets criticized about his opinion and recommendation of immigration. Many criticize him about the lack of evidence he has based on his statements in the book.
Collier states that the migration enables migrants to be able to escape poverty and suffering. Despite this, the global income gaps and the large diasporas migration will significantly increase giving away to a decrease in sending countries. Therefore, receiving countries should be advised to limit their immigration towards the “happy medium” range for the conservation of welfare states and the continuance of sending countries (less wealthy countries). Collier also in his book ‘Exodus’ states that, “The first block is that migration depends upon the size of the diaspora: the larger the diaspora is, the easier migration will be, (Collier, 43). This is his reasoning behind how migration continues to accelerate. Despite this there are many other ideas that a lot of people have to disagree