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Thank you We sneak and here's your smoke usually brought

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to you by international migration a great way to get

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a new lease on life Or what happens when you

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accidentally go on vacation for ten years All the following

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are intervening obstacles to international migration except what and hear

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the pendulum all right wear we go any further it's

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worth getting a refresher on what an intervening obstacle is

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We go legal or physical obstacle that stops a migrant

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from entering passing through or settling in a country or

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area whether it's legal red tape or a really huge

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sticky piece of gum that's in everyone's way anything that

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prevents a migrant from getting into our country counts All

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right we're looking for the worst fit here starting at

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the bottom with e while documentation requirements can be a

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huge obstacle to entering or settling in a country of

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bureaucrats really like their paperwork Too much is out What

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about race based immigration quotas can also be big obstacle

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so they're less common these days If a country decides

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they only want to let in a certain number of

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people of your ethnicity and they hit that number well

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Good luck there charlie Even the greatest masters of disguise

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would have trouble getting through Fake mustache is much visa

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checkpoint so he has gone How about see physical barriers

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are literal physical barriers to entry like giant walls and

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bridge troll What about being black of transportation can also

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be a huge barrier If you can't get across that

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ocean well no way you're going to make it through

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customs What about option a Alright yeah now we're talking

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Although anti immigrant sentiments are by their nature opposed to

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immigration they're just cultural views although they can cause real

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difficulties for people and make a lot of noise they

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don't block immigrants from entry in the same way that

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work freezes and border fence to do so is our 00:01:56.844 --> [endTime] answer Yeah

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