Vol. 2 No. 1 (2017)
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Reflections on the Current Immigration Debate in the UK

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  • Jonathon Porritt,
  • Colin Hines
Jonathon Porritt
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.3197/jps.2017.2.1.43

Published 2017-10-01

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Porritt, Jonathon, and Colin Hines. 2017. “Reflections on the Current Immigration Debate in the UK”. The Journal of Population and Sustainability 2 (1):43–59. https://doi.org/10.3197/jps.2017.2.1.43.

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