Recognising mass-immigrantion as non-ideal can be valid if coming from a place of compassion. But with this perspective, mass-immigration is seen as a symptom of wider socioeconomic problems (or non-societal factors such as natural disasters), not as a problem in itself that needs to be "fixed" by sending immigrants "back home".
Furthermore, seeing immigration as a cause for socioeconomic problems only comes from a place of racism, ascribing negative expectations to people according to their country of origin / culture / ethnicity. It is clear that you stand with this camp from how you phrased what you think "the left" thinks:
"Immigration is good from any country in the world and if you have any reservations what so ever you're racist".
It implies that a person's country of origin plays a factor in whether or not they can be considered a "good" immigrant. That's racist.
Look, I'm always down for learning more about history, but who's "Nigeria"? To who was "Nigeria" selling slaves to? Modern states are never representative of specific / homogeneous cultures, let alone individual
peoples, let alone societies from before the state was even formed. After skimming a few wiki articles, it's clear that the region has had its own fair share of struggles against authorities, slavery, and racism, even before European colonisation, some of which continue currently.
Still, none of this reached the scale of european colonisation / "the scramble for Africa", and the continued political and economic influence and control that 'the West' continues to hold and wield (neocolonialism / recolonisation). I know nowhere near enough about critical theory, but I'm sure these processes can be understood as a form of deterritorialisation and reterritorialisation (I wasn't able to find a freely available copy, but this article seems like it could be a relevant, interesting read: Deterritorialization and Reterritorialization of the Orisha Religion in Africa and the New World (Nigeria, Cuba and the United States).)
Regarding Syria, "my approach" would be simply to support more movements / projects like Rojava (which is clearly not something that 'western' political powers are interested in doing). As an anarchist I don't think liberation from state authority can be achieved through state authority.
"We've almost got some of their telecommunications cracked; the front end even runs on a laptop!" The Mac that sunk a thousand ships could have been merely clunky product placement, not a bafflingly stupid tech-on-film moment....
Recommended something to a co-worker yesterday ( sh.itjust.works )
‘They call us Nazis’: inside the wealthy German town where the far right is on the rise ( www.theguardian.com )
Counter rallies in Kaufbeuren show split between supporters of AfD and locals who acknowledge the Bavarian town’s Nazi past...
‘A catastrophe’: Greenpeace blocks planting of ‘lifesaving’ Golden Rice ( www.theguardian.com )
Thousands of children could die after court backs campaign group over GM crop in Philippines, scientists warn...
What plot holes could be adequately explained away with a single shot or line of dialogue?
"We've almost got some of their telecommunications cracked; the front end even runs on a laptop!" The Mac that sunk a thousand ships could have been merely clunky product placement, not a bafflingly stupid tech-on-film moment....