Hi Arwin I may be coming in at the tail end of this discussion but immigration into the Western countries you mentioned has not and is not being determined by ethnicity that I think you are implying.
Multiculturalism or diversity has been the dominant theme that welcomes diverse ethnicities. OK, in the UK, there is some current discussion about the supposed outcomes of the decades long policy of multiculturalism and some want to emphasise monoculturalism instead. However, this regressive proposition has come in too late to take root in a multicultural globalised world in my view and is unlikely to feature strongly in a nation that is already strongly multicultural and multi-ethnic and generally thriving on this. Entry to the UK looks for the 'best' people who will contribute economically and in other respects to the advancement of the nation and therefore, rightly emphasises Enlish language usage which is already the international language in any case. This is a positive step and rather the opposite of what I think you envisage for Goa by keeping ousiders out by your narrow definition of who are deemed outsiders and who are deemed insiders. I'd rather go for inclusivity of newcomers rather than their exclusion that I read in your posts and that I believe reflect a concept of narrow regional nationalism and identity. Cornel --- Arwin Mesquita <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Santosh, > > Should your questions be at all valid, surely they > should apply to all > identities across the world. But this is not the > case with Authorities in > the US, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Gulf etc > enforcing/updating already > strict controls to protect their identity and > interests or having policies > to integrate migrants into their identity e.g. > strict immigration controls, > migrants have to study the local language, history > etc.
