This review essay examines recent work in political theory on the ethics of immigration
admissions. It considers arguments put forward by Michael Walzer, Peter Meilaender and …

Contemporary philosophical debates about immigration have focused on two sets of
questions. The first has to do with the control of state borders and the movement of people …

The topic of migration raises important and challenging normative questions about the
legitimacy of state power, the boundaries of political membership, and justice within and …

Do states have the right to prevent potential immigrants from crossing their borders, or
should people have the freedom to migrate and settle wherever they wish? Christopher …

Many of us take it for granted that states have a right to control the entry and settlement of
non‐citizens in their territories, and hardly pause to consider or evaluate the moral …

Normative reflection on the ethics of migration has tended to remain at the level of abstract
principle with limited attention to the practice of immigration administration and enforcement …

Is there a human right to immigrate? The importance of this question may need no
underlining, but just to spell it out briefly: all states in today's world proclaim their right to …

My goal here is twofold: First, I wish to make a plea for the relevance of moral considerations
in debates about immigration. Too often, immigration debates are conducted solely from the …

What are the ethical issues raised by immigration? How does immigration affect our
understanding of democracy and citizenship? I explore these questions in the context of …

Immigration restrictions curtail freedom. They prevent people from going where they want to
go, seeing whom they wish to see and taking jobs they wish to take. When repressive states …