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Immigration controls are not designed for us -- they exist to appease people's irrational fear of migrants ("stealing our jobs", "the country's full", etc.). Th
by okhan 14y ago
Immigration controls are not designed for us -- they exist to appease people's irrational fear of migrants ("stealing our jobs", "the country's full", etc.). That's why here in the UK we reject the idea of detention without charge for terrorism suspects, but are perfectly happy to lock up asylum seekers for years at a time. It's outrageous.
- rmc 14y agohere in the UK we reject the idea of detention without charge for terrorism suspects That's not always been the case. Internment without trial was practiced in the UK for terrorism. It tends to be counter-productive, and increases violence. (cf. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Demetrius http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Demetrius )
- okhan 14y agoYou're right. Just to be clear, I wasn't arguing in favour detention without trial for terrorism suspects or anyone else. I just wanted to illustrate how people's irrational fear of migrants appears to exceed even their irrational fear of terrorism.