POLA01H3 Chapter Week 10: POLA01 - Notes on Multicultiralism Week 10
25 Feb 2016
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Multiculturalism is fundamentally about the treatment of immigrants after they have settled, rather than about who is admitted in the first place. However, multiculturalism for settled immigrants is more controversial in circumstances where citizens fear that they lack control over their borders, and hence lack control over who is admitted. Multiculturalism has had an easier time in countries such as australia and canada, where immigration is overwhelmingly the result of state selection, with few unauthorized entrants. Having a sense of control over one"s borders, and hence the capacity to determine who enters and in what number, has several consequences. First, it reduces fear of being swamped by unwanted migrants it, therefore, lowers the temperature of debates, and makes citizens feel secure that they are in control of their own destiny.
