innonimatu
the resident Cassandra
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Every state in the world has some kind of legal process to handle immigration. And many have what is called "illegal immigration", immigration outside that process.
I have seen a lot of noise being made within the EU about the issue. Italy's government wants to host fewer such immigrants, but so do all the other governments. Some governments finance NGO that help immigrants cross into the EU, but dump them in other countries and press to keep in place rules restricting those immigrants to remain there. In a word, hypocrisy.
In the US I see the party in power doing something to restrict immigration, the opposition criticizing it - the very same people who set up many of the institution and procedures that are in use now.
Let's face it: illegal immigration is regarded by people as a social problem that must be dealt with somehow. Countries are not a "free for all," very few people subscribe to such a view. Mass immigration is very much a "NIMBY problem". Immigrants should be helped"... so long as that is not too expensive and does not land a problem at my doorstep! So long as they don't come to compete for my job! And so on...
So I'm asking one simple question, and without any pool attached: how would you handle illegal immigration (as in immigration outside regulated procedures) into your country? Do you have any coherent policy you would deploy?
I have seen a lot of noise being made within the EU about the issue. Italy's government wants to host fewer such immigrants, but so do all the other governments. Some governments finance NGO that help immigrants cross into the EU, but dump them in other countries and press to keep in place rules restricting those immigrants to remain there. In a word, hypocrisy.
In the US I see the party in power doing something to restrict immigration, the opposition criticizing it - the very same people who set up many of the institution and procedures that are in use now.
Let's face it: illegal immigration is regarded by people as a social problem that must be dealt with somehow. Countries are not a "free for all," very few people subscribe to such a view. Mass immigration is very much a "NIMBY problem". Immigrants should be helped"... so long as that is not too expensive and does not land a problem at my doorstep! So long as they don't come to compete for my job! And so on...
So I'm asking one simple question, and without any pool attached: how would you handle illegal immigration (as in immigration outside regulated procedures) into your country? Do you have any coherent policy you would deploy?