Should we accept immigration?

PROS

Welcoming migrants is a humanist duty

Populist solutions to limit immigration are inhumane, barbaric and ineffective

We owe it to the people of the South

Welcoming migrants is good for European economies

Welcoming migrants is a cultural and social asset

We can't stop immigration

European and American imperialism have created the conditions for mass immigration as a result of the various bombings that have taken place.

France and Europe welcome few migrants in proportion to their population

Rejection of immigration is the hallmark of the racist far right

The West practices a double standard depending on the origin of migrants

Some countries have been rendered uninhabitable by the climate crisis

Rejection of immigration is a form of resignation that absolves those truly responsible for France's economic and social crisis.

CONS

We can't take in all the world's misery

Influx of migrants lowers quality of life and increases violence

Migrants risk destabilizing social cohesion

Migration is a problem for migrants themselves

We can't control immigration

Welcoming migrants goes against the will of the people

Migrants are not the ones in need, because you need enough money to leave your country.

Given the number of immigrants already present, migrants won't be able to integrate well.

Immigration fuels terrorism to a certain extent

Immigration often conveys retrograde or even obscurantist values and lifestyles (homophobia, sexism, etc.).

Migrants significantly change the culture of the host country

Keywords: Migrants, Borders, Welcoming, Immigration, gender equality.

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Pros

What are the pros of ?

• Welcoming migrants is a humanist duty
• Populist solutions to limit immigration are inhumane, barbaric and ineffective
• We owe it to the people of the South
• Welcoming migrants is good for European economies
• Welcoming migrants is a cultural and social asset
• We can't stop immigration
• European and American imperialism have created the conditions for mass immigration as a result of the various bombings that have taken place.
• France and Europe welcome few migrants in proportion to their population
• Rejection of immigration is the hallmark of the racist far right
• The West practices a double standard depending on the origin of migrants
• Some countries have been rendered uninhabitable by the climate crisis
• Rejection of immigration is a form of resignation that absolves those truly responsible for France's economic and social crisis.

Cons

What are the cons of ?

• We can't take in all the world's misery
• Influx of migrants lowers quality of life and increases violence
• Migrants risk destabilizing social cohesion
• Migration is a problem for migrants themselves
• We can't control immigration
• Welcoming migrants goes against the will of the people
• Migrants are not the ones in need, because you need enough money to leave your country.
• Given the number of immigrants already present, migrants won't be able to integrate well.
• Immigration fuels terrorism to a certain extent
• Immigration often conveys retrograde or even obscurantist values and lifestyles (homophobia, sexism, etc.).
• Migrants significantly change the culture of the host country

Further reading

Bibliography

“Pro” side

• Lutte ouvrière, « L’immigration dans l’Europe en crise », Cercle Léon Trotsky, 24/01/2014

“Con” side

• refs_to_review, « Challenge et l'immigration : derrière les fantasmes, encore des fantasmes », Observatoire de l'immigration et de la démographie, 27/12/2021

Neither “pro” nor “con”

• Stephen SMITH, La ruée vers l'Europe (la jeune Afrique en route pour le vieux continent), Grasset, 7/02/2018

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Neither “pro” nor “con”

• Debate: Should we welcome migrants arriving at the Greek-Turkish border?