As immigration looms large in a number of elections in western democracies in 2024, the FT hosted a debate on how to address challenges long seen as too sensitive for mainstream politicians to tackle. Here are edited highlights of the January 24 conversation and Q&A with readers featuring Martin Wolf, the FT’s chief economics commentator, Ruvendrini Menidikwela, UNHCR’s assistant high commissioner for protection, author and campaigner David Goodhart at the Policy Exchange thinktank, and Catherine Barnard, professor of EU law and employment law at the University of Cambridge.
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