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Immigration as a human right

From the forthcoming Migration in Legal and Political Theory, ed. Sarah Fine and Lea Ypi, Sarah Song (UC-Berkeley): The Significance of Territorial Presence and the Rights of Immigrants; and Kieran Oberman (Edinburgh): Immigration as a Human Right. Chad G. Marzen and William Woodyard West (Florida State): Catholic Social Teaching, the Right to Immigrate, and the Right to Regulate Borders: A Proposed Solution for Comprehensive Immigration Reform Based Upon Catholic Social Principles. Karen E. Bravo (Indiana): The Human Rights of Children in an Age of Mobility. The introduction to Refugees and the Myth of Human Rights by Emma Larking. Aravind Ganesh (Max Planck): The EU’s Human Rights Obligations Towards Distant Strangers. A migration veil of ignorance: Chris Bertram on a right to free movement. Chandran Kukathas on why immigration controls resemble apartheid: The attempt to control some people can all too quickly escalate into an effort that depends for success on controlling everyone. Bryan Caplan on the case for open borders. The migrant crisis just reached a new zenith at 60 million people.