Without a doubt, the European continent has been through a lot over the last few decades. From

Giving into the demands of upset citizens, different political parties began to campaign with planks in their platforms dedicated to legally destroying immigration. The Austrian Freedom Party, for instance, campaigned to increase the amount of laws that prevent immigration and to make it more difficult for non-Austrians to live and work amongst the Austrian people (Doc 6). By creating a platform to change a country’s laws, it is clear Europeans were so upset with immigration that they wanted to make fundamental changes in their governments’ policies. People were unhappy with how their society was transforming and they wanted to put official rules in place that would allow Europe to return to its former state. Enoch Powell, a member of the Conservative Party, brought this common desire to light by explaining that people did not want to live in a country filled with immigrants, so action needed to be taken in order to curb the high immigration levels (Doc 2). The fact that many Europeans wanted politicians to take a stand against immigration shows how upset people were with the rising numbers of immigration, which became roughly 500,000 immigrants per year. By involving the government, European citizens were able to project their anti-immigration sentiment into the rest of the continent. Involving politicians and political parties shows how adament some Europeans were about keeping foreigners out of

Immigration is a kind of movement of people into destination land, which can be traced back to a million years ago. Also, the debate over whether immigrants should be given more rights has been an intractable problem for a long period. According to statistics from Wikipedia, as for 2005, the United Nations reported that there were nearly 191 million international immigrants worldwide, about three percent of the world 's population (Immigration). Although it does not seem to take up a large proportion, actually the amount of the immigrant population is particularly huge. In this way, policies on immigration are considered remarkably significant. Moreover, recently the attacks in European countries have also poured fuel on the already-heated debate over immigration policy. In most cases, local citizens and governments do not welcome immigrants into their own country, which is partly due to the discrimination. Obviously, it is unfair to them. Immigrants should be treated equally and given more rights than the rights they possess now because they contribute to boosting economy, creating a harmonious society and they are legal immigrants.

In the attempts to “manage the immigrant crisis” several strategic mistakes have been made, which have shaken the functioning of migration policy in the European community. Particular controversy was stirred up by a plan for the relocation of 120,000 refugees suggested in September 2015. Some months later (April/May 2016), the European Commission came up with the idea of fines for those countries which would not receive the relocated refugees. The fine for one unaccepted foreigner was supposed to be €250,000. The attempt to impose a quota of immigrants on member countries together with high fines contributed to further divisions inside the EU.

In some periods of our history immigration is often associated with conflict and warfare. Nearly 8 million refugees found a new home in West Germany and 3.5 million in East Germany by 1950, as a result of Second World War. Other examples are Algerian independence in 1962 also resulted an inflow of one million Algerians into France in last than a year. The Balkan wars in the 1990s also led more than one million refugees into Germany. Some other periods of high immigration are related to economic need, mostly inflows into France, Germany and the Great Britain in 1950s and 1960s. Ethnic mix results from these movements are very different than others in Germany, France and

In recent times immigration has been a big issue all around the world. In Italy they've had big immigration problems from places in Northern Africa. Part of Italy's population doesn't want there to be any more immigration into Italy, since Italy has had so many people immigrate into it. Italy is having an election over if Immigrants should be allowed in, should they be allowed or not?

It’s safe to say that immigration is a touchy subject, and it’s a difficult topic to discuss from our privileged positions of living in first world countries, but I would imagine it’s quite a difficult issue to be directly involved in. Although I’ve never been an immigrant myself, I do think immigration is an issue everyone should be concerned about. We should all care about and be interested in the matters of other countries, as well as their citizens’ reasons for and routes of migration. Aside from immigration to the U.S., there is a different migration occurring between Europe, Africa, and the Middle East. Many people have died from the methods and routes of transportation being taken, and a clear resolution still isn’t in sight. This European

The next major piece of legislation for Italy was passed in 1998, and is known as the Turco-Napolitano law. This law specifically deals with illegal immigration, and the detainment of such immigrants. The law states that “…if an immigrant is found to be illegal, than they shall be brought before a magistrate, who will determine if they are allowed to stay or not” (CITATION NEEDED). This law was inherently flawed, because the immigrants were given a court date to appear before the magistrate, which was usually two weeks from the day they were caught. In these two weeks, it was found that the migrants were abusing the openness of the Schengen area, and leaving Italy never to be found. In 2002, an amendment to the law was passed which only

When a country opens its borders to immigrants they are providing these individuals with the same principles and rights as their citizens. One major aspect is that immigrants have helped countries benefit politically by helping to foster change in relation to the government. The immigrant population has become a very influential part of the voting process in many developing countries such as Canada and the U.S. Immigrants make up for a large slice of a

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

As has already been shown in this essay, the policies that attempt to scare the refugees away aren't reasonable or effective (Collet). Instead, an acceptance of migrants by Europeans would help resolve the crisis. To show the stigmas that Europeans have about the migrants are completely made up, the media should put more effort into educating people about refugees instead of just stressing that they are all rapists (Tharoor) and that there is a slight possiblilty that there is a terrorist hiding among them (Al Abdullah). All this accomplishes is scaring Europeans more and blinding them with hate when all they have to do is open their eyes and see that it's all false. There must also be a greater effort to help migrants through the process of culture shock as Europe is completely different from the Middle East and Africa. This would help the refugees ease into their lives much more easily and feel much more welcomed (Mahmood). The refugees could even help solve the problem that much of Europe is facing, the decreasing birthrates. The town of Sutera, Italy realized this and instead of rejecting the migrants, they embraced them (Tondo). Sutera was becoming a ghost town as many of its citizens where leaving for Northern Europe. They invited refugees to live in the town and it has become a huge success. The economy has improved as there are now more people and they have been able to take over the jobs left behind by the Italians that left. The refugees have even been able to live in the homes abandoned by the Italians and over all, it has been a huge success (Tondo). The rest of Europe should learn from Sutera and instead of turning away the migrants, accepting them with open

France is one of the counties most affected by the influx of refugees, legal, and illegal immigrants into their societies. Since the 1980s France has obtain the highest amount of immigrants in Europe, most coming from Africa, followed by Asia, and finally Europe (Hargreaves, 14). As tensions rise between the native and migrant population political parties, such as the National Front (FN), have centered themselves on this issue. They have helped develop the idea that these new Muslims immigrants cannot coexist in French society, and to an extent western society, because French and Muslim values are simply not compatible (Maxwell, Bleich, 162-163). Parties such as the FN also use immigrants as the cause of France’s current problems by utilizing the differences between the native population versus the immigrant population in order to highlight the “fundamental social order problem” that immigrants bring to France (Favell, 22-26). This tactic had the effect that at one point “public discussion of immigrants shifted from issues of race and ethnicity to religion” (Iacobucci, Toope,

Immigration and how to deal with migrants is a very important issue when it comes to nations and national governments. The migrants themselves, will bring their own culture, beliefs, and religion to their new home. Sometimes however, the flow of immigration and the migrants will bring along their own radicalized beliefs about religion and government. It is not just migrants that will be radicalized sometimes however, but their sons or daughters will sometimes be looked down upon because they are not in their own native land. The feeling of being marginalized by the greater society is what can lead to a hate for a host country like France where many migrants end up. These radicalized individuals can be terrorists and do terrorist attacks on

Following World War II Europe was presented with the problem of difference within its society. Although, Europe had never been fully homogeneous most people were similar in enough ways that it appeared as if there was unity in culture, religion, and values in most regions. However, this changed when a flood of immigrants began to pour into Europe from the previous colonial empires. These new immigrants usually had vastly different culture, language, and dress than Europeans. This disrupted the veneer of European unity in consciousness and culture. People began to see these new immigrants as a threat either to the job market or to European values, culture, and religion. Racism was certainly one result. Many of these sentiments led to limitations

Overall, as Italy and Spain economies continue to recover from the effects of the 2008 crisis a new problem has arisen which is the immigration crisis. In addition to that, unemployment rates are still high in Spain and Italy, but both countries have been experiencing economic growths compared to the crisis. However the major issue surrounding both countries now is the waves of immigrants coming in, not only from Northern Africa but also from Syria.

Many political leaders in Europe have declared that their attempts on multiculturalism have failed, “In October 2010, German Chancellor Angela Merkel proclaimed that a multicultural approach had ‘utterly failed’ in Germany. In February 2011, French President Nicolas Sarkozy also called multiculturalism a failure, and British Prime Minister David Cameron indicted his country’s policy as of multiculturalism for failing to promote a sense of common identity and encouraging Muslim segregation and radicalization.” (Bloemraad, I. 2011, page 1). Not only do political figures of European countries believe that multiculturalism has been a failure, but citizens of many European countries believe the same impression, as stated in Kenan Malik’s text ‘What is wrong with multiculturalism? A European Perspective’, there are three myths about immigration that have grounded the present-day view that multiculturalism as a political process has been unsuccessful. The first myth being that “European countries used to be homogenous but have been made diverse by mass immigration”, the second myth is “the claim that contemporary immigration to Europe is different, and in some eyes less assimilable, than previous waves” and the third myth is “European nations have become multicultural because minorities wished to assert their differences.” (Malik, K. 2012, pages 1 and 2). Malik then