There is an argument to be made that "being forcibly shoved together with outsiders who hate them" is not what is going on here, even if it can feel that way.
First of all, most immigrants are simply looking for a better life without hating anyone. Problems arise since culture clash makes assimilation difficult. Managing this is up to each country sovereignly responsible for its own border policy. It is also a very human reaction to begin to resent those who treat you poorly, so if immigrants aren't treated well, hate will grow.
Second of all, being too one-sided (ie. "outsiders should not be forced upon us") risks missing an important part, namely why people want to emigrate in the first place. Colonial history is often brought up, but just look at what is going on today. Constant meddling in foreign countries' politics, sponsoring coups, forever wars, destabilising regions, as well as nostr:nprofile1qqs9336p4f3sctdrtft2wlqaq5upjz9azpgylhfd3dplwf005mfrr9spzamhxue69uhkummnw3ezuendwsh8w6t69e3xj7spz3mhxue69uhkummnw3ezummcw3ezuer9wct4lwjj's work on the IMF/World Bank... If countries with predominantly ethnically White European populations want to stop the inflow of immigrants, the first and most obvious action should be to stop causing chaos at the source of immigration. Of course, as is so often the case, there is a profit motive here that might hinder such action.
Blaming the desperate people who, through no fault of their own, seek to escape tragedy is a slippery slope. The West should take a look in the mirror and help the rest of the world prosper. A prosperous Africa, Latam, Middle East etc. is a benefit to The West. 8bn people in service of 8bn people. No-one leaves their country in favour of one where they do not feel welcome unless they feel forced to.
Side note on diversity:
Diversity of thought breeds better ideas. When ideas are challenged from all angles, they are improved upon.
If one seeks to build a well-functioning society with people from diverse backgrounds, then diversity of origin might very well be the source of the diversity of thought required to succeed.
Whether you want to build such a society or not is another question altogether. There is much to be said for a relatively homogeneous population, in terms of ease of governance at least.
Diversity of thought is always good.
And some of the most multicultural cities in the world are amazing. There is something beautiful about the places where everyone truly is created equal.
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Yea I've always felt like if your country is "responsible" for a people fleeing their country then its open season on your own. So if you blow up half of Iraq and Afghanistan then those nationalities are allowed to immigrate. Sucks but maybe don't do that regime change bs in the future.
Israel also gets a healthy helping of its destabalized neighbors that it has bombed over the years.
Same deal for colonial nations that extracted resources and humans for world wars. Sorry not sorry Britain and France, you get all the people you subjugated for all those years
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