Immigrazione e diritti

Immigration and Rights

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This article is a reply to the thesis sustained by Hans-Hermann Hoppe in his essay "Migration, Centralism and Secession in Contemporary Europe", published in n. 118 of Biblioteca della libertà. Policies of immigration, or emigration, restriction, like policies of birth control, are tantamount to limitations on individual liberty, implemented in the name of an alleged general interest. It is senseless to seek to use public decisions to determine the optimal dimensions of migratory flows. In western Europe, it is the present situation of immigration control which creates negative effects on wage levels and employment among the natives of the host countries. These effects would not ensue if immigration were free. Instead of blaming the drop in real wages to immigration, it would be fair to attribute its causes to immigration and social policy, which invariably lead to low-quality immigration.