Europe’s main leaders far apart on immigration

Europe has witnessed throughout 2014 a number of events which have heated up national debates on the best way of dealing with immigrants, as well as the discussion at a European level on the best approach to build a common migration policy.

EurActiv took note on 17 December 2014 of different attitudes some of the main European leaders had expressed in the previous weeks regarding free movement, migration and integration of immigrants.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Half of Danes 'ashamed' by immigration debate http://www.europeansources.info/record/half-of-danes-ashamed-by-immigration-debate/

ESO: Background information: Czech Republic told it must share the migration burden http://www.europeansources.info/record/czech-republic-told-it-must-share-the-migration-burden/

ESO: Background information: Perceptions and reality: Ten things we should know about attitudes to immigration in the UK http://www.europeansources.info/record/perceptions-and-reality-ten-things-we-should-know-about-attitudes-to-immigration-in-the-uk/

ESO: Background information: 15,000 march in anti-Islamization PEGIDA demonstrations in Dresden http://www.europeansources.info/record/15000-march-in-anti-islamization-pegida-demonstrations-in-dresden/

ESO: Background information: 17 people dead in new migrant tragedy http://www.europeansources.info/record/17-people-dead-in-new-migrant-tragedy/

ESO: Background information: Calais mayor warns of blockade over illegal migration http://www.europeansources.info/record/calais-mayor-warns-of-blockade-over-illegal-migration-2/

EurActiv, 09.01.15: Prepare for rising migration driven by climate change, governments told http://www.euractiv.com/sections/climate-environment/prepare-rising-migration-driven-climate-change-governments-told-311138

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