Immigration Justice
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780748670260
Subjects: Emigration and immigration, government policy
Description: Much philosophical work on immigration is founded on an outdated conception of immigrants and the causes on migration. This is based on the model of the pre-World War II European migrant to North America escaping political tyranny, fleeing famine or hoping to claim 'unsettled' land. Higgins draws on empirical evidence to show that the world has changed and reasons for migration have changed too.