No Borders clarification
phatts | 31.10.2008 18:41 | Anti-racism | Globalisation | Migration
Reading about the No Borders camp this summer and events held for related campaigns, there is one aspect that bothers me.
I ask this question not as an attack, nor as a trolling exercise, but to reflect the view I always hear expressed by people outside 'the movement', who dont't necessarily hold racist views.
Namely : if we did open the borders to the UK or to Europe, wouldn't there be a massive influx of people hoping for a better life? If so, how would this be managed to prevent starvation or the emergence of a fascist dictatorship in reaction?
Put simply, as things stand if someone wants to come and make a better life in the rich areas of the world, they have to sneak in and then live a shadowy existence fearing a knock on the door at any moment...
If one rich country or region announced an end to the restrictions making life so difficult, I suspect there would be literally millions of migrants in a mass movement of hope and adventure. And when they got here? Assuming there weren't millions of job vacancies and empty homes, how would that work out?
Am I missing something? Does this make me a nazi? I hope not, and would appreciate an account of how it would happen.
Thanks
I ask this question not as an attack, nor as a trolling exercise, but to reflect the view I always hear expressed by people outside 'the movement', who dont't necessarily hold racist views.
Namely : if we did open the borders to the UK or to Europe, wouldn't there be a massive influx of people hoping for a better life? If so, how would this be managed to prevent starvation or the emergence of a fascist dictatorship in reaction?
Put simply, as things stand if someone wants to come and make a better life in the rich areas of the world, they have to sneak in and then live a shadowy existence fearing a knock on the door at any moment...
If one rich country or region announced an end to the restrictions making life so difficult, I suspect there would be literally millions of migrants in a mass movement of hope and adventure. And when they got here? Assuming there weren't millions of job vacancies and empty homes, how would that work out?
Am I missing something? Does this make me a nazi? I hope not, and would appreciate an account of how it would happen.
Thanks
phatts
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