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The case against immigration controls

Ijzersterke tekst van Teresa Hayter: It is now considered axiomatic that states should have the right to stop people entering their territories, but it was not always so. It was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that immigration controls were introduced. Previously nation states had at times expelled people whom they considered undesirable, … Continued

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Ijzersterke tekst van Teresa Hayter:

It is now considered axiomatic that states should have the right to stop people entering their territories, but it was not always so. It was not until the beginning of the twentieth century that immigration controls were introduced.

Previously nation states had at times expelled people whom they considered undesirable, but they had not attempted to prevent immigration. Britain, for example, expelled all Jews in the thirteenth century, but it was not until 1905 that it adopted laws to keep them out in the first place. (lees verder bij New Compass)

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