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Europe as a magnet for migrants
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Contemporary European Politics EssayContemporary European Politics
ES’-2PPAES4-12
Mr. Termes
Completion date 01-06-2013
Submission date 07-06-2013
Words: 2869
Linda Rechiene Teles
11037520 ES4NL-2B
, Contemporary European Politics Essay
Why does Europe is a magnet for migrants?
Should this be considered as a positive or negative force?
International migration is as old as the history of mankind, sometimes voluntarily and sometimes
forced on people by conquest, persecution and famine. Unfortunately due to the lack of precise
information, the scale and nature of this migration is not precisely known. Migration in Europe
increased from the 80's and beyond. A consequence of this increase came from developing countries,
especially people from WW-ll, oppression, natural disasters or who wanted to escape from poverty.
Nowadays, statistics on international migration are well kept by several countries for their domestic
use. (A.Avasarkar,2012)
For years economists have researched and analyzed the results of immigration in European
countries. Their interests run from the occurance of migration and what their determinants are.
There is a well integrated set of literature directed to the push & pull factor of immigration such as
salary differences, macroeconomic conditions (i.e. changes in employment levels, gross national
product and prices (deflation or inflation) and social networks.
Therefore, public concerns on the perspective of the growing welfare migration. The discussion is set
forward whether migrants are utilizing the welfare system. The hazard on this aspect is that
immigrants settle in countries with a royal welfare state and succeed in receiving social benefits
without adequatly contribute to the system itself.
Quotation (C. Giulietti and J.Wahba,2012): As an example of this widespread perception, the 2009
Eurobarometer — a survey which monitors public opinion in the European Union – reports that as
many as 51 per cent of the individuals in the sample believe that immigrants do not contribute to
taxes as much as they benefit from social services (such as health) and welfare programs (European
Commission, 2010).
When studying about population distribution, it is imperative to identify the factors of how in
an area of a country the distribution of a country and continent works.
These factors provide appropriate reviews for certain patterns of population distribution. In general,
these factors are subdivided into three categories such as: demographic factors, geographical factors
and economic-social factors. However, these factors are not fully ensured.
Physical environment conditions such as climate, is important when you search for geographical
factors. The soil quality, ressources of mine and energy availibilty is dependent of this condition and
therefore dependent on population distribution. A clear example and quote: “The most appropriate
example of temperature affecting population distribution is the one provided by the Arctic and
Subtract Regions where, because of long and very cold winter nights and low intensity of solar
radiation even during the summer, living conditions are extremely difficult and the energy of human
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