Immigration |
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Authors: | Dummett Sir Michael |
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Institution: | (1) New College, Oxford, OX1 3BN, UK |
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Abstract: | It is not a fundamental human right to live wherever one would most like to be. We have to ask when a state should admit people
not its citizens wishing to enter and settle within its territory. To exclude someone from entry to a country where he wishes
to settle infringes his liberty. When anybody's liberty is infringed or curtailed the onus of proof lies upon those who claim
a right to infringe or curtail it, other things being equal. This paper argues that there are two reasonable grounds for refusing
entry to would-be immigrants. First, in order to avoid genuine overpopulation; and second, to protect vulnerable cultures
being submerged by large numbers of people of a more robust culture. Neither of these restrictions applies in the case of
Britain and the paper concludes by demanding an immediate liberalisation of immigration laws and immediate public recognition
by government of the benefits of immigration and determined discouragement of xenophobic propaganda against it.
This revised version was published online in July 2006 with corrections to the Cover Date. |
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Keywords: | immigration international justice sovereignty |
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