Migration Restriction's Policies and Respect of Human Rights: Kantian Perspectives

In recent years, the migration policies of different countries, whether etc.), are organized around increased protectionism leading to violation of human freedoms. This protectionism tends to make the migrant a dangerous intruder for the good of the citizen of the host country. This contribution aims to show that these restrictions violate human rights, including freedom of movement and establishment. They not only go against the dynamic of globalization that results from cosmopolitan theories which find one of their most elaborate forms in Immanuel Kant's philosophy, but also that they are opposed to the human rationality which perceives the human through a common natural humanity of which all men are heirs. One of the elements which is part of such humanity is the freedom to move and settle anywhere on earth. The Kantian theory of cosmopolitanism and the moral imperative lead to universal hospitality which consists in the right of every individual to go everywhere and in the duty of every state to welcome every migrant without any restriction.