In rich democracies, immigration is fuelling a fierce hostile reaction. That is not surprising. While a few insist that everybody is entitled to share in the prosperity and freedom of these countries, many of their fellow citizens view those seeking entry as more like invaders. Similarly, economists’ benign view of the economics ignores the fact that immigrants are people whose descendants might live there permanently. Immigration then is about national identity.
在富裕的民主國家，對移民的不友善反應越來越強烈。這並不奇怪。雖然少數人堅持認爲每個人都有權分享這些國家的繁榮和自由，但他們的許多同胞認爲那些尋求進入他們國家的人更像是入侵者。同樣，經濟學家關於移民有利於經濟的看法忽略了這樣一個事實，即移民的後代可能會永遠在這裏生活下去。因此，移民關乎國族認同。
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