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Opposition to immigration, also known as anti-immigration, is a political ideology that seeks to restrict immigration. In the modern sense, immigration refers to the entry of people from one state or territory into another state or territory in which they are not citizens .
"Wild Men" depicted on the facade of the Colegio de San Gregorio Church of San Pablo, adjacent to Colegio de San Gregorio.. The Valladolid debate (1550–1551 in Spanish La Junta de Valladolid or La Controversia de Valladolid) was the first moral debate in European history to discuss the rights and treatment of Indigenous people by European colonizers.
Famine in Damascus [4] Ottoman Empire: 1732–1733: Kyōhō famine: Japan: 12,172 – 169,000 [67] 1738–1756: Famine in West Africa, half the population of Timbuktu died of starvation [68] West Africa: 1740–1741: Irish Famine (1740–1741) Ireland: 300,000 – 480,000: 1750–1756: Famine in the Senegambia region [69] Senegal, Gambia ...
Immigrants coming into Spain are categorized and ranked by their country of origin according to Spanish immigration law. Depending on the individual's origin country they can receive "preferred" status over other immigrants who are given "outsider" status due to their country of origin, such as Third World countries . [ 207 ]
Libertarian author Jacob Hornberger, a proponent of freer immigration policies, [4] [5] argues that open borders is the only libertarian immigration position. [ 6 ] The libertarian Cato Institute has been arguing in favor of liberalized immigration for over forty years and often criticizes the current system as antiquated, unfair and often ...
The US-Mexico border wall at Tijuana.. There has been an increase in anti-immigration sentiment in the West in relation to illegal immigration. [21] [22] In the United States, right-wing politicians have called for a border wall with Mexico, [23] [19] and in European politics, accusations have been made of a "Fortress Europe" mentality.
Immigration into the United States has been on the rise since 1965. [12] Public opinion polls have demonstrated "that the percentage of Americans who wanted immigration decreased to be very low immediately prior to 1965, but had begun an upward incline from 1965 to the late 1970s at which time it thereafter increased dramatically". [12]
A migrant who fled their home because of economic hardship is an economic migrant, and strictly speaking, not a displaced person.; If the displaced person was forced out of their home because of economically driven projects, such as the Three Gorges Dam in China, the situation is referred to as development-induced displacement.