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Thinking the unthinkable : the immigration myth exposed

Title
  1. Thinking the unthinkable : the immigration myth exposed / Nigel Harris.
Published by
  1. London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, 2002.
Author
  1. Harris, Nigel, 1935-

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Description
  1. xx, 183 pages : illustrations; 22 cm
Summary
  1. In this text, Nigel Harris exposes the xenophobic myths surrounding immigration, arguing that rather than increasing unemployment in the host nation, immigrants do the work others will not, and without them economies would dissolve.
Subject
  1. UN High Commissioner for Refugees
  2. Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948)
  3. Emigration and immigration
  4. Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
  5. Foreign workers
  6. emigration
  7. immigration
  8. migrations (events)
  9. Migration period (Medieval culture or period)
  10. Emigration and immigration
  11. Emigration and immigration > Economic aspects
  12. Foreign workers
  13. Einwanderung
  14. Immigranten
  15. Arbeidsmarkt
  16. migrant workers
  17. migration policy
  18. irregular migration
  19. refugee
  20. racial discrimination
  21. travailleur migrant
  22. politique migratoire
  23. migration irrégulière
  24. réfugié
  25. discrimination raciale
  26. inmigración
  27. trabajador migrante
  28. política migratoria
  29. migración irregular
  30. refugiado
  31. discriminación racial
  32. IMMIGRANTS
  33. HUMAN RIGHTS
  34. IMMIGRATION POLICY
  35. IMMIGRATION LAW
  36. Industriestaaten
  37. Entwicklungsländer
  38. developed countries
  39. developing countries
  40. Europe
  41. Japan
  42. United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  43. USA
  44. pays développés
  45. pays en développement
  46. Japon
  47. Etats-Unis
  48. Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord
  49. países desarrollados
  50. países en desarrollo
  51. Europa
  52. Japón
  53. Estados Unidos
  54. Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña e Irlanda del Norte
Contents
  1. Prologue -- Introduction : The horrors -- Movement -- Wrestling with the hydra -- Why control immigration? Reactions and arguments -- Why countries need immigration -- The system collapses -- The right to work, the freedom to move and the eradication of world poverty -- Appendices : I. Inventing Xenophobia : A British cautionary tale -- II. American immigration -- III. Destroying the right to asylum -- IV. The ultimate in government foolishness : Singapore -- V. Average fees paid for clandestine travel and entry -- Who says Silicon Valley is American? -- Tables and figures.
Owning institution
  1. Princeton University Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 169-171) and index.