Country Quote by Guy Ryder

Migrants make huge contributions to both their host countries and countries of origin. They take jobs that local workforces cannot fill, boosting economic activity.…

— Antonio Guterres

By holding down natural wage growth in labor-intensive industries, immigration serves as a subsidy for low-wage, low-productivity ways of doing business, retarding technological progress…

— Mark Krikorian

When it's well managed, migration works in the national interest, for our communities, economy and country.

— Priti Patel

Lots of migrants live in our country, and they make a significant contribution to our economy.

— Sebastian Kurz

Workers who come to the U.S. see their wages and their standard of living boosted sharply simply by crossing the border. That's a good…

— James Surowiecki

Significantly opening up immigration to skilled workers solves two problems. The companies could hire the educated workers they need. And those workers would compete…

— Alan Greenspan

Immigrants are critical to our strength in every essential industry, from agriculture and education to health care, domestic work, construction, food processing, technology, and…

— Alex Padilla

Immigrant workers have become essential to the U.S. workforce, contributing across sectors and playing a noteworthy role in our country's economy.

— Tom Suozzi

Yes, there is some evidence that migration can slightly depress wages at the bottom end of the labour market, but that's an argument for…

— Owen Jones

To advocate both for more immigration and for faster wage growth for the working and middle class is to work at cross-purposes.

— Edward Conard

Our work at the OECD shows that migration, if well managed, can spur growth and innovation. Unfortunately, in the past, migration has not always…

— Jose Angel Gurria

Free migration within Europe means that countries that have done a better job at reducing unemployment will predictably end up with more than their…

— Joseph Stiglitz