International migration: A case against building ever-higher fences

Economic Affairs

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 66-72

  Zientara, Piotr ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GDA SK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Globalisation; Immigration policy; International migration

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952429668     PISSN: 02650665     EISSN: 14680270     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-0270.2010.02052.x     Document Type: Article

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