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> This is a right worth fighting for

No it's not. You don't get to control what how the people of countries treat you and others with this mindset.

My passport is the result of a society and country my ancestors shaped and fought for. You don't get to turn up with your cultural baggage and demand entry.



Quite a few societies/countries have made the call that accepting refugees from things like dictatorships is a moral obligation they want to take on, though.


This is subject to prudential judgement and not categorical a priori commitment. First, are the people in question actually refugees? The EU migrant crisis a few years ago wasn't that. It was unrestricted migration. It was a shit show of mind-boggling political stupidity.

Second, you must prioritize the good of your country. What is your realistic capacity for taking in refugees before your country is harmed? On what basis and on what terms are they being admitted?


Did the citizens vote for that or the govt officials made the decision for them?


In most countries, individuals claiming refugee status aren't given free entry to a country. They make an application and are held until application is either denied or approved.

Using the refugee argument is diversionary nonsense when discussing at will free-for-all immigration.


> In most countries, individuals claiming refugee status aren't given free entry to a country.

The poster asserted a right to leave a country, which I endorse. Refugees are a good example of the need for it.


While it may be true that your country is the result of your ancestors having fought and killed people for the land it's on and the wealth and privilege it has today, that argument doesn't support what you think it does.


> "ancestors shaped and fought for"

Your ancestors fought for a "society" that won't tolerate newcomers or people wishing to join it "from the outside"?

What was it that they fought for, exactly? Are you sure the country and society "they fought for" is the same one you live in today?




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