I think it would be remarkable if the boundaries of nations extant today remained in tact, changeless forever more! People love to roam about, to pick up and go--wherever their inner spirit takes them!
It is natural to expect that those settled already in regions they have carved out for themselves would regard immigrants to their territory as intruders! The latter are tolerated when they declare themselves as visitors for a particular time. And, a country may reach out and gather those in flight from elsewhere, as have the Germans extended a welcome to the displaced Syrians; and as the United States has granted asylum to multitudinous destitute groups and victims of physical and social calamities over many years. Who can forget the potato famine in Europe that sent waves of migrants to American shores many years ago?
Now it is true that not all native populations are accepting of migrants who pass into their lands. Each country proclaims its own quota system of those desirous to remain and settle down. Nevertheless, migration continues today across territories; and when migrants are desperate enough, they will climb over walls and barriers that would keep them out.
All a country can reasonably demand on the stage of world opinion is that it not be overwhelmed by some current migration of people. I am reminded how the Roman Empire endeavored to restrain German tribes to their north from invading but in the end succumbed to an ever-increasing overrun of these desperate people.
Moral of this item: You can't restrict migrants from entry into lands you regard as (forever) yours! Sooner or later, they'll ignore your border signs and demarcation lines. Why? Because they're as transit upon this earth as you are! And everybody is moving about into "new" lands. It's the nature of the homo sapiens!
As the old time religion puts it, 'This world is not my home. I'm only passing through!'
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