Over the past forty years our ideas about migration have changed dramatically. In fact, I know of hardly any other aspect of our daily lives that has seen such a complete reversal of appreciation. Until the 1970s, immigration was something to be proud of. Over the past few decades though, we seem to have forgotten that it is far better to live in a country that people are queuing to enter rather than one that they are desperate to leave. In fact, the modern migrant and the present-day smoker have something in common: both have become outcasts almost overnight. In the Netherlands, we even have coined a new term in order to express our dislike of the modern migrant: . That word seems somehow to make him or her different from, and less desirable than, the classic migrant of the past centuries.
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Volume (Year): 16 (2008) Issue (Month): 04 (October) Pages: 499-504 Download reference. The following formats are available: HTML
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