Open-Border Immigration Policy
Subtitle:
A Step towards Global Justice
Publication Name:
Migraciones Internacionales
Volume, number, page:
8:4, pp. 41-72
Year of Publication:
2016
Organization Name:
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
Publisher:
El Colegio de la Frontera Norte
City:
Tijuana
Country of Publication:
Mexico
Full Date:
julio-diciembre 2016
ISBN or ISSN:
1665-8906
Category:
Academic articles
Theme:
Subregion - European Union
Country - Country
Government
Civil Society
Keyword(s):
Migrants
Migration
Migration policy
Immigration
International migration
Borders
Border Control
Human Rights
State sovereignty
Distributive global justice
Globalization
Migration and Development
Restrictive migration policies
Abstract:
In this article we argue for a world in which open borders are the rule and not the exception. This argument is based on the general recognition of ius migrandi as a basic right of persons. An open-border immigration policy is preferable—at least from a normative standpoint—to the typical policies designed to control or block borders through the simplistic mode of constructing walls. On the basis of a global conception of distributive justice as suggested by cosmopolitan egalitarians, we claim that open-door policies—or, failing in that, the implementation of a system of economic compensation for poor countries—provide powerful means to respond to the enormous inequalities that exist between countries and represent an
appropriate way to order current migratory flows
appropriate way to order current migratory flows
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