It’s an inescapable fact that the instinct to migrate has always been part of being human.
In Britain we’ve been recalling the 40th anniversary of Enoch Powell’s infamous “rivers of blood” speech. It invites the reflection that a thoughtful public debate about migration is long overdue.
That, however, isn’t the last word. Migration is the big mission issue and opportunity of our times. From the earliest times the sovereign God has had a hand on migration movements and has used them to work his purposes out.
Now migration has come full circle. For two centuries European immigration moved to every point of the compass, populating entire countries and regions. The missionary movement worked in parallel.
Now the world is coming to Europe. It raises tensions and debates, of course. But it also signals fresh possibilities.
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