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17 September 2012updated 04 Oct 2023 10:39am

Time to reject false choices and fears about immigration

Basic freedom of movement across borders is fundamental to human dignity.

By Sam Bowman

Srinivasa Ramanujan isn’t a name most people know, but his story illustrates the power of migration to improve the world.

Born to a poor family in southern India in the late nineteenth century, Ramanujan displayed a remarkable mathematical mind from an early age, developing complex theorums as a teenager.

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