NEEDED OPENING AND LEGITIMATE DEVELOPMENT OF LIBERAL DEMOCRACIES

Up until what point should liberal democracies allow free entry and fr ee settlement for foreigners? Aside from the case of refugees and fami ly reunion, there are two possible arguments for free access: the exte nsion of individual liberty and as a means of ensuring global redistri bution. These arguments are insufficient and, in a counter-utopian rea soning, the author invokes the need for stability and the defence of n ational interests, which justify the use of 'differentiated' filters f or immigrants.