The European Union is set to implement a new set of rules governing how each of its 27 member states will deal with irregular migration and asylum seekers.
Okay, but why pretend your noble goal is to “prevent far-right parties taking control” when in fact you are now espousing the very same talking points they are and enthusiastically endorsing them?
Personifying a “country,” presuming it has a monolithic “cultural identity” that might be preserved and is under threat from “outsiders” is an ultranationalist, deeply xenophobic point of view.
Would it be “smart” for the Berlin government to only accept people with “needed skills” from Hamburg? Maybe, in some sense? But that’s not the point. The point is that a government shouldn’t use violence to restrict people’s freedoms unless they pose an immediate and direct threat.
No, the immigration policies of centrist should be milder than the far-right parties. What’s wrong with wanting to preserve a country’s culture? Xenophobic refers to a dislike of people from other countries. Wanting to preserve a country’s cultural identity doesn’t equate to disliking people from other countries. Such a person might like the cultures of other countries and want them preserved. By only permitting a small number of migrants to enter, the cultural identity of a country is preserved while increasing diversity.
Open borders lead to discord. Migrants are simply prevented from entering. There is no violence.
Okay, but why pretend your noble goal is to “prevent far-right parties taking control” when in fact you are now espousing the very same talking points they are and enthusiastically endorsing them?
Personifying a “country,” presuming it has a monolithic “cultural identity” that might be preserved and is under threat from “outsiders” is an ultranationalist, deeply xenophobic point of view.
Would it be “smart” for the Berlin government to only accept people with “needed skills” from Hamburg? Maybe, in some sense? But that’s not the point. The point is that a government shouldn’t use violence to restrict people’s freedoms unless they pose an immediate and direct threat.
No, the immigration policies of centrist should be milder than the far-right parties. What’s wrong with wanting to preserve a country’s culture? Xenophobic refers to a dislike of people from other countries. Wanting to preserve a country’s cultural identity doesn’t equate to disliking people from other countries. Such a person might like the cultures of other countries and want them preserved. By only permitting a small number of migrants to enter, the cultural identity of a country is preserved while increasing diversity.
Open borders lead to discord. Migrants are simply prevented from entering. There is no violence.