Migrations assistant won't transfer apps

I just finished using migration assistant to transfer everything from my old computer to my new macbook pro 15 over firewire. When it finished none of my apps had transfered. They show up in finder but when you click on the application it says "You can't open the application _______ because it is damaged or incomplete." It says this for every application that didnt come on my new macbook.

Could somebody pleasy help

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