Migration from the Middle East and North Africa to Europe Past Developments, Current Status and Future Potentials

• Main Authors: Bommes, Michael, Fassmann, Heinz, Sievers, Wiebke
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Amsterdam Amsterdam University Press 2014; Amsterdam University Press b.V
• Edition: 1
• Series: IMISCOE Research
• Subjects: european union; Interest qualifiers; middle east; migration; Migration, immigration and emigration; north africa; Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples; Relating to peoples: ethnic groups, indigenous peoples, cultures and other groupings of people; Relating to specific groups and cultures or social and cultural interests; Social and ethical issues; Social Science; Social sciences; Society and culture: general; Society and Social Sciences; Sociology; Migration, immigration and emigration; Migration; European Union; Middle East and North Africa; Migration, immigration & emigration; Sociology; Social and Political Sciences; South; SOCIAL SCIENCE; General; AUP Wetenschappelijk; Sociology and Social History
• ISBN: 9089646507; 9789089646507; 9789048523177; 9048523176
• DOI: 10.26530/OAPEN_496763

One of the most important challenges concerning the future of the European Union is the demographic reproduction of the European population. Decreasing birth-rates and the retirement of the baby boomers will dramatically reduce the labour force in the EU, which will entail not only a lack of manpower but also lower contributions to European social systems. It seems clear that the EU will have to counterbalance this population decrease by immigration in the coming years. Migration Between the Middle East, North Africa and Europe takes this challenge as a point of departure for analysing the MENA region, in particular Morocco, Egypt and Turkey, as a possible source of future migration to the European Union. At the same time, it illustrates the uncertainties implied in such calculations, especially at a time of radical political changes, such as those brought about by the Arab Uprising.