When it comes to immigration, politicians usually are driven by fear – a tendency that has become even more acute since the onset of the global financial crisis. The rise of extreme nationalists in places like Greece and Finland has reinforced the belief that talking about immigration, except to argue against it, is politically fraught.
每当论及移民问题，政治家们通常被恐惧所左右——这种趋势自全球金融危机开始后更是变本加厉。在希腊和芬兰等地极端民族主义者的崛起强化了这样一种理念——即谈论移民，除非是反对它，在政治上就是危险的。所以政治家要么就把移民问题放到边境安全和文化身份定义的语境下讨论，要么直接忽略这一问题。