Launching a new video series with @discoverecon.bsky.social which looks at how migration shapes economies. Our first episode discusses why the Irish Famine caused one of the biggest exoduses from a single island in history - and what more could have been done to help.
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Between 1845 and 1855 at least 1 million people died and 2.1 million left Ireland because of famine caused by potato blight and the limited relief provided by the UK government. One of the greatest…
