The one-year anniversary of the launch of the International Network for Immigration Research (INIR) was marked by two conferences in Paris that examined the economic/fiscal impacts of mass migration and asylum reform proposals.
The five INIR member institutions were represented by:
- Nicolas Monti, Co-Founder and Director General of France’s Observatoire de l’Immigration et de la Démographie (OID);
- Eric Ruark, Director of Research at Numbers USA;
- Yonatan Jakubowicz, Founder of the Israeli Immigration Policy Center (IIPC);
- Viktor Marsai, Director of Hungary’s Migration Research Institute (MRI); and
- Mark Krikorian, Executive Director of the Center for Immigration Studies (CIS).
The conferences were held on November 20-21. The first one, on economic and fiscal impacts, was organized by OID and held in an auditorium at France’s National Assembly. The second, on asylum reform and co-sponsored by OID and the Martens Centre for European Studies in Brussels, was held in the Luxembourg Palace, home of the French Senate. Both conferences also included many other scholars and practitioners from France, the UK, the Netherlands, and Greece.
About INIR
International Network for Immigration Research is a collaboration of research centers which examine both the benefits and challenges of immigration. INIR members are independent but share the bedrock principle that sovereign nations have the right to pursue and enforce their chosen immigration policies, based on the preferences of their own societies rather than an ideologically driven humanitarian agenda. INIR publishes the semi-annual journal Limen, as well as occasional papers by members.
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