and, i'll confuse you a third time.

it should be hard to get in, and that difficulty should act as a disincentive to come here - and an incentive to stay where they are, and improve those conditions. that's the ultimate ideal, here: to convert refugees into foreign nationals. the incentives should be in convincing refugees to stay and improve their countries, not come to this one.

so, i would rather see money put into improving situations in refugee starting points than in facilitating the flow of refugees out of those starting points. i would like to see a return to the good neighbour policy. i would like to see nato stop generating civil wars and supporting coups, and instead increasing the flow of foreign aid.

a further disincentive to migrate should come in the stricter enforcement of labour laws. there should be a strong crackdown on employers that hire "illegals", especially those that hire them below the minimum wage. if employers are prevented from illegally hiring "illegal" migrants (and note where the quotes are....), the economic incentive for migration will quickly cease. this crackdown, coupled with generous aid and the cessation of imperialism, should largely stop the flow of migrants.

but, no - those that get here should not be expelled.

the actual truth is that i find the narrative of nihilism v conservatism, and the total non-existence of anything resembling a left, to be depressing. these are the basic outlines of a socialist immigration policy. it's unfortunate that this is so strange to people nowadays that they can't even fathom it, and immediately conflate any rejection of conservatism with nihilism.