Country Quote by Thomas Malthus

On the subject of emigration, it is not my intention to dwell at any length.

— Charles Sturt

Emigration is no longer a solution; it's a defeat. People are risking death, drowning every day, but they're knocking on doors that are not…

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

...in the midst of migrants in search of a better life there are people in need of protection: refugees and asylum-seekers, women and children…

— Antonio Guterres

“All told, perhaps the most significant measure of the Great Migration was the act of leaving itself, regardless of the individual outcome. Despite the…

— Vintage

When you are a country that is economically well-off - we are not leaving people to live on the street without help - then…

— Erna Solberg

How emigration is actually lived - well, this depends on many factors: education, economic station, language, where one lands, and what support network is…

— Daniel Alarcon

“Vast migrations of people—some voluntary, most not—have shaped the human condition. More of us flee from war, oppression, and famine today than at any…

— Carl Sagan

There is no unhappiness like the misery of sighting land (and work) again after a cheerful, careless voyage.

— Mark Twain

“At a time when there are more refugees than ever, the rich world has turned its back on them. Our myths and religions are…

— Ben Rawlence

But some natives--most natives in the world--cannot go anywhere. They are too poor. They are too poor to go anywhere. They are too poor…

— Jamaica Kincaid

Unless one says goodbye to what one loves, and unless one travels to completely new territories, one can expect merely a long wearing away…

— Jean Dubuffet

The best migrant is the migrant who does not come.

— Viktor Orban