I don’t get immigration system. Why can’t I just walk into a country’s borders and just live there? Why should I have to get kicked out because I seem “unfit” for a country.
- Some countries discriminate against disability, race, sexuality, or other traits.
- Politics messes up people’s ability to live in a country, or even be recognized as human.
Countries tend to only allow immigrants that are essentially guaranteed to benefit the country. For example, in Canada and many EU countries, immigration generally starts with a work visa, but you can’t just apply for any old job, it generally needs to be a job that the country is having trouble filling. This is enforced on the side of employers by requiring that they must search for applicants within the same country before opening the position up internationally. Basically, immigration policies are “unless you can be of significant economic benefit to the country, fuck off.”