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Immigration
From Metapedia
Immigration is the movement of people from one nation-state to another. While human migration has existed throughout human history, immigration implies long-term permanent residence (and often eventual citizenship) by the immigrants: tourists and short-term visitors are not considered immigrants (see expatriates). However, seasonal labour migration (typically for periods of less than a year) is often treated as a form of immigration. The International Intergration and Refugee Assosiation estimated 190 million international migrants in 2005, about 3 percent of global population. The other 97 percent still live in the state in which they were born, or its successor state. The Middle East, some parts of Europe, little areas of South East Asia, and a few spots in the West Indies have the highest numbers of immigration population recorded by the UN Census 2005.
The modern idea of immigration is related to the development of nation-states and nationality law. Citizenship of a nation-state confers an inalienable right of residence in that state, but residence of immigrants is subject to conditions set by immigration law. The nation-state made immigration a political issue: by definition it is the homeland of a nation defined by shared ethnicity and/or culture, and in most cases immigrants have a different ethnicity and culture. This has led to social tensions in many developed countries. Illegal immigration refers to immigration across national borders in a way that violates the immigration laws of the destination country. Under this definition, an illegal immigrant (or illegal alien) is a foreigner who either illegally crossed an international political border, be it by land, sea or air, or a foreigner who legally entered a country but nevertheless overstay their visa in order to live and/or work therein.
Mass immigration
Mass immigration refers to the unchecked immigration of non-Europeans to Europe and to North America since 1945. Mass immigration is often represented as something that is similar to a natural phenomenon: nothing can be done to cause it or to stop it and when it happens, the only thing one can do is to manage the movement of people across borders as smoothly as possible. However, in reality the mass immigration seems to have been purposefully implemented. This follows for example from the post-war treaties with counties like Turkey and Marocco, the offering of economic rewards to immigrants, and many other incentive measures taken after 1945. Throughout Europe therefore numerous politicians have criticized the mass immigration. In the Netherlands, for example, Hans Janmaat was one of the first politicians who who resisted against the mass immigration.
Comparison with biological organism
A nation as a set of people is homologous to a living organism as a set of cells. A sane organism has an immune system which prevents dangerous microorganisms from destroying its life. If an organism lacks immunity to a pathogen, then it has developed tolerance, meaning that the immune system will no longer defend itself from the contamination. The same applies to a Nation: tolerance towards immigrants will eventually take it to its demise.
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