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• n  a fear of foreigners or strangers

• After years of xenophobia the tiny nation was opening up to foreign investment and foreigners.
• Crackdown on illegal crossing over by migrant workers smacks of xenophobia.
• As democratic reforms have foundered and living standards plummeted since the collapse of communism in 1991, the country's latent xenophobia has morphed into a more radical .

News & Articles

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• Wednesday, June 12, 2013: Immigration, welfare and gun control
  Posted June 11, 2013, at 2:21 p.m. The June 6 BDN OpEd by Jonette Christian, “Immigration reform: Get it right this time,” is a classic example of an attempt to rationalize xenophobia and to equate immigration with the source of economic and social demise.
  June 12, 2013 - Bangor Daily News

Quotes

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• Irene Khan in BBC News
  Through short-sighted, fear-mongering and divisive policies, governments are undermining the rule of law and human rights, feeding racism and xenophobia,Ms Khan said.
• Edward Markey in Washington Post
  Rep. Edward Markey, D-Mass., accused the Republicans of pushing oil development by "scaring up the ghosts of communism and xenophobia" and "perpetuating a myth that China is drilling off the coast of Florida."
• Barack Obama in NewsMax.com
  During his speech, Obama said, "A certain segment has basically been feeding a kind of xenophobia. There'sa reason why hate crimes against Hispanic people doubled last year."