A two-way street: how to make immigration work

Immigration is a key issue across Europe and is one of the main campaigning points in the UK’s referendum on its EU membership. Randall Hansen writes that opponents of immigration have two main concerns: that immigrants are bad for the national economy because they force wages down, and bad for culture as they are at odds with the liberal views of European countries. He argues that anti-liberal attitudes need to be challenged whatever their source: whether in the case of minorities who oppose liberal values, or Europeans who scapegoat Muslims. He also notes that the focus should be on employment, and that immigration works only when immigrants work.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Symposium: How to solve Europe’s migration crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/symposium-how-to-solve-europes-migration-crisis/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

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