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oapen-20.500.12657-333742022-04-26T12:24:10Z Migration from the Middle East and North Africa to Europe: Past Developments, Current Status and Future Potentials Bommes, Michael Fassman, Heinz Sievers, Wiebke middle east european union migration north africa bic Book Industry Communication::J Society & social sciences::JF Society & culture: general::JFF Social issues & processes::JFFN Migration, immigration & emigration 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. <i>Migration Between the Middle East, North Africa and Europe</i> 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. 2014-12-31 23:55:55 2019-12-10 14:46:32 2020-04-01T14:41:41Z 2020-04-01T14:41:41Z 2014 book 496763 OCN: 945782772 9789089646507 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/33374 eng application/pdf n/a 496763.pdf Amsterdam University Press 10.26530/OAPEN_496763 10.26530/OAPEN_496763 dd3d1a33-0ac2-4cfe-a101-355ae1bd857a 9789089646507 open access
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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. <i>Migration Between the Middle East, North Africa and Europe</i> 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.
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