"allowing to enter the country" and "accepting" are two very distinct things.
In English they can, in fact, be used, at times, interchangeably!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accept
Accept: to give admittance
Why is every argument against any level of immigration that the people of Japan are unchangeably xenophobic? Japan is bringing in more immigrants than ever: https://soranews24.com/2025/08/13/foreign-population-in-japa...
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In English they can, in fact, be used, at times, interchangeably!
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/accept
Accept: to give admittance
Why is every argument against any level of immigration that the people of Japan are unchangeably xenophobic? Japan is bringing in more immigrants than ever: https://soranews24.com/2025/08/13/foreign-population-in-japa...