`Given increasing instability in the world, Europe should be welcoming ever greater numbers of asylum seekers not restricting their access` Discuss

Given the increasing instability in the world , should Europe be welcoming ever greater numbers of asylum seekers and not restricting their access

Introduction

EU has been aggressively fighting to keep control of its bs for national security , economic and cultural reasons . Human rights activists are as keen to morally and legally compel EU to open its bs since restrictive policies have resulted in death and graver human rights violations to political refugees . The thesis of the is , The question whether EU should end restrictions is irrelevant because they will not

. Therefore , compelling EU to open its bs morally or legally is futile . Empowerment and solidarity among political refugees and their countrymen to fight for their human rights and democracy in their own countries is a better goal

Arguments on this debate are extensive therefore the discussion has been limited to the two most dominant arguments . The first part discusses the `Right of the State to Control its Bs vs . Natural Law of Global Movement of People . The second part discusses `The Right of State to Protect Public Safety vs . Human Rights of Asylum Seekers

I . Right of State to Control its Bs vs . Natural Law of Global Movement of People People who advocate for heavier restrictions on asylum seekers based their claim on the right of state . Schuster (2003 explained that states are exclusionary and must maintain the distinction between citizens and non-citizens , protect its b from outsiders and must uphold the right to privilege of their citizens whose vote legitimizes the continued existence of the state . The right to seek asylum and human rights are dependent on the discretion and interest of states . Schuster (2003 ) also explained that the formation of European Union or `Europe without internal frontiers ' coincided with the upheavals in Eastern Europe and the opening of bs from the collapse of the Soviet Union . The war in Yugoslavia and conflict in Horn of Africa increased the number of people applying for asylum in Europe . `It was this transformation that was seen by a number of states as necessitating the creation of strong external bs (p . 1 . The EU is a `mutual support for each other 's sovereignty ' and `confined to borrowing each other 's most restrictive measures (p . 268 According to the studies of Arendt (1967 , Morgenstern (1949 ) and Walzer (1983 `Control of entry is fundamental to statehood ' for political stability and provision of social goods (Schuster , 2003 ,

.35 . This is why states `make migration difficult and very costly , in physical as well as financial terms (see Koser 2000 and Morrison 1998 , 2000 (Schuster 2003 ,

.35 . In addition , Meilaender (2007 ) explained that obligations to outsiders cannot take precedence over the right of state to protect its national culture and its neighborhoods from being transformed by foreigners and to protect the economic interests of its citizens who might be displaced by cheap labor

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