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Record Nr.

UNISA996379049303316

Autore

Bommes Michael

Titolo

Migration from the Middle East and North Africa to Europe / edited by Michael Bommes (, Heinz Fassmann & Wiebke Sievers

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam University Press, 2014

Baltimore, Maryland : , : Project Muse, , 2019

©2019

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (287 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

IMISCOE research : International migration, integration and social cohesion in Europe

Disciplina

325.4

Soggetti

Immigrants - Europe

Electronic books.

Middle East Emigration and immigration

Africa, North Emigration and immigration

Europe Emigration and immigration Social aspects

Europe Emigration and immigration Economic aspects

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Part I. Country profiles. Euro-Mediterranean migration futures: the cases of Morocco, Egypt and Turkey ; Migration and development in Egypt ; Turkish emigration and its implications for the sending and receiving countries -- Part II. Arena of political regulation and conflicts ; The European Union's international-migration relations towards Middle Eastern and North African countries ; Political conflicts and migration in the MENA states ; The uncertainties involved in calculating migratino -- Part III. Prognosis, scenarios and forecasts ; Demographic developments in the MENA region ; Estimating migration potential: Egypt, Morocco and Turkey.

Sommario/riassunto

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.