Narochnitskaya E.A. – candidate of sciences (Ph.D in history), leading researcher, INION, Russian Academy of Sciences; director, Center for research and analytics, Foundation for historical outlook, Moscow; editor-in-chief, «Perspectives and prospects» E-journal, Perspektivy.info.
Most the EU countries have been receiving large numbers of immigrants for several decades. According to official dogma, immigration is an essentially positive process which nevertheless requires efforts to manage its scale and patterns. As for European societies, they seem to have been deeply divided with regard to immigration policies. The «refugee crisis» reveals and exacerbates these divisions within Europe, while modifying significantly some other aspects of the immigration issue.
Immigration to Europe, European migrant crisis, European refugee crisis, immigrationism, illegal immigration, immigration policy.
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