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García, Angel Solano "Does Illegal Immigration Empower Rightist Parties?" Journal of Population Economics 19 (2006): 649-670 Web. 6 April 2014

Anti-immigrant sentiment tends to arrive when waves of mass immigration occurs, the host societies believe that their jobs are being taken from them and that their standard of living is falling all because of the migrants that have come to live in the host country. Due to this anti-immigration sentiment can be seen to be a politically significant phenomenon in European societies since the second world war. Strong political opposition to immigration comes from populist-extremist parties (PEPs), they see immigration as a threat to the social and cultural cohesion of the host country. On the political spectrum most of these parties are right wing parties, somewhere between established conservative parties and openly violent and anti-democratic right wing parties. Over the past years in Europe these parties have been growing in power and during the past three waves of PEPs, they have slowly gained more and more power even though many thought they would die out. The first waves of PEPs come about after the second world war, in the immediate post war period the Sozialistiche Reichspartei party in West Germany was established however this was banned by he constitution later on. The second wave came int he 1970s with the National Front in the UK and the anti-tax parties in Scandinavia. The third wave came in the 1980s when a large number of parties emerged and have remained part of the political scene since then. This shows that anti-immigrant sentiment is politically significant in

A recent survey was conducted which revealed that forty-one percent of Americans currently hold anti-immigrant sentiments. Similar trends were discovered for Europeans with thirty-seven percent of people in the United Kingdom and fifty-two percent of people in France expressing anti-immigrant attitudes (Krogstad, 2015). These trends show that negative views about immigrants are evident globally, and thus should be treated as an important issue. However, anti-immigrant attitudes are not involuntary and do not emerge from individual thought. Western nations, the United States in particular, use significant events in history such as the 9/11 attacks to their advantage by inciting extreme nationalism that demonizes immigrants which allows for the

Some experts argue that the recent rise in xenophobic promises and policies in European countries has to do with the populace’s fear over job loss, pensions and benefits cutting, and a fear in the loss of a national identity—which some

Although the dislike towards immigration is decreasing, opposition towards immigrants is still a major international issue because of factors such as an immigrant’s political

This article focuses on the migration policy in Europe and the author, Nicole Gelinas, discusses why she disagrees with the current system in place. The article beings by reviewing the number of migrants that have died while migrating out of hostile areas into safe havens. While there have been some deaths during the migration process, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has made it easier for people seeking asylum in Germany. Gelinas argues why Germany’s migration process has been detrimental to the system, however, this is not the case at all. Since Chancellor Merkel has changed the requirements, it has opened the doors for more people to seek safety from hostile areas that they live in.

There was a time in the 1990s when immigrants flooded to Europe, and European countries relied on these people to help boost their workforce and promote economic growth. As low economic growth rates persisted and recessions occurred and recurred, anti-immigrant notions began to emerge because natural citizens could not find jobs. Today, migrants are flooding to Europe, not so much to find better jobs, but to escape wars and persecution within their home countries. Europe as of late has seen a massive influx of refugees from countries such as Syria, Afghanistan, and the Middle East. With the growing number of terror cells and civil unrest in Syria, Syrians, which account for almost 40% of all migrants to Europe in 2015, are seeking refuge in European countries in overwhelming numbers. This influx of people has resulted

Recently,there has been a lot of people aganist the development of immgrant worker, even the celebrities.For example,Austria's conservative People's Party, led by 31-year-old Sebastian Kurz,who won the country's general election.Short of a majority, Mr Kurz's party formed an alliance with the anti-immigration worker Freedom Party(FPO).The Amercian president Donald Trump,who put an anti-immigrant decision to his political strategy since it was important toward the critizens career prospect.In addition, according to YouGov Statista (2017),Italy is the most anti-immigrant country in Europe,due to the country popularity and the anti-migrant worker stance culture. The above example stimlate a question of what is the impact of immigrant workers

The Immigration’s Political Policies have gone through great political changes since the turn of the 20th century for many countries. The legal and moral issues within these countries like Syria, Mexico, Germany, Ireland and other countries concerning immigration have been debated and continue to be debated through the political views within the government each and every day. Individuals within the political realm who believe that it is morally wrong for a country to deny immigration status argue that immigration promotes democracy, egalitarianism and libertarianism but on the other hand, people who believe that countries have every right to deny individuals who seek immigration argue that immigration taints the cultural roots of a country, weakens national security and reduces the natural resources that would have been distributed to the original citizens of that country.

Integration of Arab immigrants is one of the most contentious issues in Europe and is becoming a huge area of concern for many European countries. More than one million asylum-seekers arrived to Europe through the Mediterranean Sea in 2015. The United Nations High Commissioner in Refugees (UNHCR) evaluated that approximately 84% of these migrants are from countries that qualify them as refugees (because of war or other circumstances). This sudden huge influx of immigrants poses a huge challenge for the European countries and how they will be integrated in European society will define the social, economical, and political future of Europe.

Populist and Extremist political parties are gaining more support and currently they have representatives in parliaments of most of the member states of EU. Part of their strategy is to associate the socio-economic problems with immigrants thus provoking more xenophobia. The so-called "New Racism" combines rhetoric of declining social rights, growing poverty and ideas of liberalism with the hate of multiculturalism and migration. Such rhetoric of "First take care of our people" is spreading and it is supported thanks to the myths described above. We are witnessing growing trends of opinions preaching anti-migration politics that seeping through to the mainstream populist politics that are more and more skeptic towards migration. The rights

The situation present migrant situation in Europe is concerning to say the least, thousands, if not to say millions of immigrants cross European frontiers illegally every day, causing not only legal problems for themselves, but also injuries and death.

Europe is facing an extraordinary abundance of illegal immigration from the Middle East and Africa. A crisis of historic proportions that raises the question, “should Europe shut down their borders and stop allowing immigrants in, or should Europe allow immigrants who are fleeing civil war and the terrible conditions of the Islamic State into its countries? Both sides of the debate have good arguments to back up their responses. By keeping the borders open for refugees, Europe can benefit greatly from the contributions that immigrants could make. But, on the other hand, allowing a large number of immigrants into Europe could have a negative impact on the economy. Even though allowing an abundance of refugees into Europe could have a negative impact on the economy, the contributions these immigrants could make would make it worth the risk.

The patterns contributing to the current hostility occur globally, starting from right-wing politicians acting out their exaggerated roles of protectors to the overwhelming amount of negative information presented to the public. The extent to which the negative attitude toward the immigrants has expanded is changing every day, everywhere. However, the small

Immigration has always been a debate among European countries, throughout “1995-2005, Germany, France, and Spain served as the destination for over 75% of immigrants” (Beenstock). These immigrants experienced racism, income inequality and constant persecution for their ethnicity or background. This still happens today; many immigrants are persecuted for