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>>>>>Was there no way to handle the palestinian refugees without authoritarian methods? " Actually I will take a stab at the question. I think Switzerland is
by IG_Semmelweiss 4y ago
>>>>>Was there no way to handle the palestinian refugees without authoritarian methods? "
Actually I will take a stab at the question.
I think Switzerland is a decent example of how to handle refugees while still remaining a free country.
In fact, Switzerland offers a glimpse of a solution: the suisse model of citizenship the municipal level.
In Switzerland, each canton makes its own rules for naturalization. Some cantons have adhoc policies, and refuse granting citizenship for almost any reason. [1].
Now, expand that thesis: - if cantons also had sovereign control of their borders (which they did, during the old confederacy) they could manage refugee crisis while retaining democratic ideals.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/01/switzerland-citizenship-nancy-holten/513212/ https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2017/01/sw...
- dotancohen 4y agoTo what quantity of refugees does that scale? Being able to turn away _all_ refugees is a luxury that some non-Mediterranean European countries have because there is a buffer state before the refuge is actually on your land. But when the refugees are flooding over your border at the rate of 2 refugees for every 1 of your citizens, how effective such a policy in practice?