Migration persists while wealth disparities remain despite control measures

Evidence

As long as there are huge disparities in income, welfare, and security between poor and rich countries, migration will continue. Control measures can affect migration - for instance, by redirecting flows or turning them from legal into illegal ones - but are unlikely to stop movements permanently. — David Theo Goldberg, John Solomos, A Companion to Racial and Ethnic Studies, 3884

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the economics-of-migration literature and general claims about the limits of border enforcement; relevant to understanding why deterrence policies systematically fail.