Anti-Immigration Attitudes: Marche and Encounter Otherness

anti-immigration attitudes: The 'other' Marche identified fear of otherness as a contributing factor to increased support for nationalistic movements in Europe and the U.S. I think there is a kind of feeling when you encounter otherness, when you encounter other people, people from other cultures, that the reaction which we had assumed would be cosmopolitism is actually not that at all, Marche said, according to CTV. It's actually kind of revulsion. In a telephone interview with CTVNews.ca, Marche explained why he thinks Canada has avoided the surge of xenophobic anti-immigration attitudes and the rise of far-right political movements evident elsewhere, and what that means for the future. Marche cited the refugee crisis in Europe as one of the major reasons why countries such as Germany, France or Britain have seen a recent backlash against immigrants. Marche said the backlash is evident in the U.K.'s Brexit vote, the murder of British Labour Party MP Jo Cox, the support for nationalistic groups such as the Front National in France and the victory of Donald Trump in the U.S. I don't think you should underrate the sheer power of the identity politics at play, which is the return of people to a kind of ethnic identity that defines them, Marche said. More than a million refugees fleeing conflicts in the Middle East and Africa sought refuge in European nations last year alone, fuelling tension between locals and newcomers. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.