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Foreigners don't vote, so there's little democratic incentive to treat them well. And if you need a visa, the country has already put you in the "undesirable" c
by klipt 4y ago
Foreigners don't vote, so there's little democratic incentive to treat them well. And if you need a visa, the country has already put you in the "undesirable" category (tourists from desirable nations can visit without visa).
- pesfandiar 4y agoThis is the correct answer. The red tape seems to be a feature not a bug. I have first hand experience going through immigration/visa/crossing processes holding both Iranian and Canadian passports. The whole experience is vastly different between the two!
- InitialLastName 4y agoPlus, for people from less desirable countries, a complicated visa process biases success towards people who have the resources to pay a firm to manage the process for them.
- mercy_dude 4y ago> little democratic incentive No, democracy is just a buzzword. Its _political_ incentive. Just look at southern border. You can go to Mexico, pay some shady smuggler gangs decent sum of money and you can enter in US in no time. Same goes to those “humanitarian boat” arriving from Libya to Greece for EU. At this point, illegal immigration is much easier than legal ways.