Sentence examples for a tide of migration from inspiring English sources

As they bickered over the minutiae of child benefit at their banquets, a tide of migration unseen since 1945 was sweeping over the continent they purport to control..

Bell Labs initiated a tide of migration of white-collar workers, especially as state and federal governments conveniently extended highways into the rural edge.

Thanks mainly to a tide of migration, China's urban population had grown by more than 500m since Deng launched his reforms: the equivalent of all the people in the United States plus three Britains.Li Keqiang, who took over as prime minister in 2013, sees further urbanisation as critical to China's economic success.

Boosted by its comparatively rapid population growth (which was sustained by a tide of international migration), the U.S. growth rate of real GDP between 1870 and 1913 outstripped all other industrializing countries.

People had many motives to vote leave, but the most potent elements were resentment of an elite political class, rage at decades of social alienation in large swaths of the country, and a determination to reverse a tide of mass migration.

Among other things, such a move would stem the tide of migration to Ho Chi Minh City, which has become dangerously overcrowded in recent years.

Even before the recent military push, leaders from London to Athens were deeply alarmed that, despite a €3bn (£2.3bn) deal with Turkey aimed at avoiding a repeat of last year's huge tide of migration, the number of arrivals has remained stubbornly high even during the harsh winter months.

In an effort to alleviate pressure on Italy and financially crippled Greece, which had also been affected by the increased tide of migration, the EU announced that it would consider a mandatory quota system for settling migrants and refugees that would be based on factors such as the size of a country's population and the strength of its economy.

The trouble is that there is nowhere to claim asylum in Homs, or North Africa, or any of the war-torn states that are driving this tide of migration.

Today we must not refuse to take joint responsibility for the union, nor turn a blind eye to human suffering and the situation of countries most affected by the rising tide of migration.

Questions: La Caminata A small town south of the Mexican border seeks to revive its community and stem the tide of migration to the United States (run time: 15 minutes).