Interview with Matilde Rosina on migration myths and why border security policies fail

"Only around three per cent of the world’s population are migrants. And not only is the proportion so low, but it has been pretty much stable at that level for the past 50 years."

The Migration Question: Politics, Economics and the Failure of Border Security (OUP, 2025) by Professor Leila Simona Talani and our Visiting Fellow Dr Matilda Rosina interrogates the big questions surrounding migration into Europe and America, from what drives migration, to whether deterrence policies work, to the impacts on receiving societies.

The book examines key questions, from why people move to whether deterrence policies work, and the impacts of migration on both sending and receiving societies.

In an interview with Anna D'Alton on LSE Review of Books, Matilde Rosina debunks common migration myths and explains why safe, legal routes benefit both migrants and receiving societies whose economies depend on their labour.