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Comment on Bermingham's Summary of the U.N.'s Year 2000 Replacement Migration, Is it a Solution to Declining Population and Aging?

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The UN's solicitousness for developed countries because of the possibility of their being depopulated seems disingenuous. In fact, developed countries are typically the losers from vast immigrant flows, and the underdeveloped countries that rid themselves of excess population are the gainers.

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Abernethy, V.D. Comment on Bermingham's Summary of the U.N.'s Year 2000 Replacement Migration, Is it a Solution to Declining Population and Aging?. Population and Environment 22, 365–375 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1006741420885

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