Since the 19th century, France has continued being a country of immigration.

And as a country of immigration, access to Argentina had few limitations.

"The myth that this is not a country of immigration has been abandoned at last."

For most of its history, Argentina was a country of immigration.

Britain is a country of immigration and many recent immigrant groups speak English with their own accents.

As in any country of immigration, though, the sans-papiers do the work the French would rather not do.

"Germany is not a classical country of immigration and must not be in the future," it stated.

The party holds that Denmark is not naturally a country of immigration, and that it has never been so.

'France no longer wants to be a country of immigration,' says Charles Pasqua, the interior minister.

One is whether this is "a country of immigration," as Mr. Schroder's coalition initially proposed.

The history of Japanese-Argentinian relations was influenced to a large extent by Argentina being a country of immigration.

We have done this, Commissioner, because we are a country with a degree of experience, being a country of immigration and one of emigration.

Many of the leading Middle Eastern countries of immigration to the United States are non-Arab.

Mexico is primarily a country of emigration but it is also a country of immigration, refuge and transit migration.

Yet global forces, combined with a recent history of economic, political, and social instability, have slowly transformed Argentina into a country of immigration, emigration, and transit.

Until the mid-1990s the opinion was widespread that Germany is not a country of immigration, even though about 20% of the population were of non-German origin.

But Mr. Brimelow also shows that America is not so much a country of immigration as it is one of "intermittent immigration."

"Germany is not a classic country of immigration, and because of its history, geography and economic conditions, it cannot be one," the party said in a new policy paper.

So it has been with other countries of immigration - the immigrants embraced a new nationality with, if the nationalist fictions are to be believed, unseemly eagerness.

Another example is the violation of the freedom of the nations of Europe to decide by referendum whether or not they really wish to become countries of immigration.

Although Germany hosts more foreigners than any other nation in Europe, the C.D.U. had always held that Germany is not a country of immigration.

"If I were a skinhead, I would take a certain amount of comfort in hearing that Germany was not a country of immigration," Mr. Jones said.

"It must be remembered that at that time Germany was not a country of immigration, it was a country of emigration," Mr. Leggewie said.

Until very recently Germany was not perceived as a country of immigration ("kein Einwanderungsland") by both the majority of its political leaders and the majority of its population.

Unfortunately, most Government deputies are opposed to a quota system based on the concept that Germany should be a country of immigration; thus it is unlikely this proposal will be implemented soon.