Does a strict border control (e.g. after Brexit) promote racism and/or xenophobia?

If inhabitant of x African country wants to move to y Western nation and y doesn't want them, that is y's choice. X can choose to go to another nation that wants x, y shouldn't be forced to accept x.

But does the fact that y doesn't want x mean y is racist or xenophobic? Why wouldn't you want x to come to your country? I think in the case of the UK a big part of the population that does not want immigrants feel this way because either they believe in stereotypes (e.g. immigrants are thieves), so there are underlying racist motives, or because they are afraid immigrants will "steal their jobs", which could be a form of xenophobia.

It's irrelevant what the reason is it isn't x's nation, and most anti immigrant people don't hate immigrants or foreigners, they simply believe their nation and people should be put first in all things. Does you putting your own family first mean you hate every other family? No of course it doesn't.

Defining "your people" in such a strict sense, as in the people you were born in the same country with to me isn't right. What does it mean that you were born in the same country? And why would you care only for the people of your own country and not for people in general? Maybe because you care that it serves your own interests instead of the country's as a whole.

It's irrelevant what the reason is it isn't x's nation, and most anti immigrant people don't hate immigrants or foreigners, they simply believe their nation and people should be put first in all things. Does you putting your own family first mean you hate every other family? No of course it doesn't.

Defining "your people" in such a strict sense, as in the people you were born in the same country with to me isn't right. What does it mean that you were born in the same country? And why would you care only for the people of your own country and not for people in general? Maybe because you care that it serves your own interests instead of the country's as a whole.

Because EVERY country has a duty to serve its people over other people, If I went to live in poland and I was told that I needed to bring skills into the country and was expected to have a job within X months and had to be able to support myself I would be perfectly fine with that

ITT: People afraid of Poles

What other sense would I define it in? Some naive sense of common humanity maybe?
Born in the same country, bound by blood, culture, religion etc etc, I define it pretty much the same way the majority of people throughout history have when talking about a nation.
'Maybe because you care that it serves your own interests instead of the country's as a whole.'
Couldn't I make this exact same point about your position?

But my point is why should British citizens be prioritised? The country in which someone is born by luck shouldn't affect the chances they have to get a job if they are willing to move somewhere else.
I'm not saying countries shouldn't have borders I'm just saying the role of the borders should not be to keep law abiding people out of a country.

As long as you don't lick them when they are cold or walk into them while texting I think you have no reason to be afraid.

But does the fact that y doesn't want x mean y is racist or xenophobic? Why wouldn't you want x to come to your country? I think in the case of the UK a big part of the population that does not want immigrants feel this way because either they believe in stereotypes (e.g. immigrants are thieves), so there are underlying racist motives, or because they are afraid immigrants will "steal their jobs", which could be a form of xenophobia.

Same if I wanted to move to....Japan for example would I complain the Japanese government was putting natives first? No of course not.

You are mixing up nation with country. Nowadays countries and nations are not the same thing. There's British people that live in other countries. They belong to the British nation because they have common history, culture and tradition but not the British country. So when talking about a country you can't speak about being bound by blood and culture necessarily. That's why "my people" and "other people" are terms that do not mean much.

A lot of people dont seem to get this and think that we want britain to have harsh immigration control, I want all countries to have it