Welcoming migrants is a humanist duty

Keywords: Migrants, Humanism.

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Quotes

« In addition to all these arguments, let's add that'beyond the figures and statistics - which already tend to prove that a realistic and respectful welcome is far more virtuous for the host population than a massive and violent rejection - ethical questions arise: should a human life necessarily be profitable? Are they really the cause of all our problems, or do those responsible lurk elsewhere? What do borders and hospitality mean to us, and what would we hope for in their place (which could well be ours one day)? »

Simon Verdiere, « Out of hate: 5 unfounded prejudices about immigration », Mr. Globalization, July 21, 2023

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Justifications

• It is inhuman to remain indifferent to the fate of migrants
• One of the foundations of ethics is welcoming the stranger
• Refusing to welcome migrants is like refusing to welcome Jews in 1940.
• We take in very few migrants given Europe's resources
• To refuse migrants is to be racist
• We must not create a fortress Europe
• Ultimately, we must abolish borders
• Only the far right rejects migrants
• It is inhuman to leave people to die when they are forced to flee their homeland.
• We are all potential migrants

Objections

• We don't have the means to welcome them
• Welcoming migrants encourages a new trade in human beings
• We need to be concerned about the consequences of welcoming migrants
• Why welcome these migrants to faraway Europe rather than to Muslim countries?
• We have a moral duty to welcome refugees, not economic migrants
• Helping people to live in their own country is humanist, not uprooting them.
• The pro-migrants - especially the celebrities - have a clear conscience at the expense of the country.
• Today's migrants are almost exclusively men, who have therefore abandoned women.

Parent debate

• Should we accept immigration?