Against Xenophobia: An Argument For Immigration
Against Xenophobia An Argument For Immigration Introduction I doubt it has escaped anyone's attention that recent years have seen a surge in anti-immigrant sentiment across the world. In this article I seek to go against what appears to be a dominant narrative where often both sides of the political spectrum operate on the assumption that immigration should be considered a net negative and viewed with suspicion. Often when anti-immigration politicians or political commentators use the words 'immigrant' or 'immigration' they often tend to conflate what are really different, distinct groups. Mainly, refugees, expatriates, international students and actual immigrants. For the purposes of this article, I am willing to engage them with their own definitions of the terminology. Consequently, my argument will refer to all of the different kinds of foreign individuals enumerated above. Furthermore, due to me being the most familiar with the situation in the United Kin