For 11 days in late October, 104 migrants were stranded in the Mediterranean Sea aboard the rescue ship Ocean Viking before Italy gave permission for it to dock. This is not an isolated incident as countries in Europe do their best to deter growing numbers of migrants from Asia and Africa from reaching their borders.
Even in the U.S. -- a country of migrants -- President Donald Trump has made immigration the centerpiece of his politics. He has highlighted and condemned migration from Central American countries, but that from Asia is much higher: since 2010, more Asians have migrated to the U.S. than Latin Americans.
