Causes and Effects of Mass Immigration from developing nations into Europe
Scope: Causes and Effects of mass immigration from the Middle East and Africa into Europe. Immigration has been an issue for generations however, recent immigration has been causing a lot of turmoil amongst the European nations, as more refugees come pouring out of the Middle east and Africa. Europe is having an impossible task to integrate these refugees who smuggle themselves into Europe in masses. These refuges are also a big question mark, and Europe is having the impossible task of nit combing through every individual to make sure that there are no terrorist criminals etc. Among these immigrants of poverty and war countries. I will be focusing my essay on the Middle East, Africa and countries in the E.U which are struggling the most at integrate these aliens. I will discuss the issues surrounding the reasons of the refugees leaving their countries and the effects they have in the Europe.
Value: Immigration has always been a predominant event in human history as humans leave poor areas to find a better life. Although is it really a better life that awaits these immigrants? After all the west has never been tolerant of immigrants. No Country wants to share their wealth with someone who is not a part of that country. Marxism states we should ignore all borders and link arms for the revolution. Unfortunately for him we live in a capitalist society were the rich want to stay rich. The idea of immigrants taking native people’s job will almost make people sick with anger and hate. The economy is a huge factor, the lack of jobs and poverty that will supposedly ensue is in the minds of the people living in richer nations, and hope for a better life and jobs in the minds of immigrants. Becoming a refugee is the worst possible outcome, as your home is likely a war torn country spread with misery and human catastrophe’s, and when you migrate in search of a better life you are met with hostility and hate. Nonetheless some of these refugee may have other agendas other than to find a new home. The many war torn regions in the Middle East and Africa were caused by the richer nations, imperialism created borders that the locals never respected, old tribal hate ran deep, the western nations capitalized on that to get what they wanted. Now the situation is dire the 21st has brought the dawn of a new enemy one that is shapeless in form. It is no country, it is extremisms, and with it terrorism, which has frightened the minds of all in the West. The E.U knows full well that among these refugees there are some that would love to watch the West burn.
Originality: Immigration has always been a problem, because it is the flow of people looking for a better life leaving from a place of struggle and when they get to the “promised” land they expect to be welcomed. The documents and research I looked at for this topic tend to be biased, either one agrees with immigration or one does not agree, what I am trying to accomplish in this essay is to highlight the phantom menace that this immigration has caused in the E.U. Is the fear legitimate? Is the economy really going to suffer? Are people going to lose jobs? Who are these people? Why are we letting our enemies into our nations?
Practicality: There are mountains of opinions and arguments in favor and disfavor of immigration. There are many books on the topic of immigration such as Reflections on the Revolution In Europe: Immigration, Islam and the West” by Christopher Caldwell, particularly now, since immigration has become such a hot political topic. I will use a few primary sources like pictures (though pictures can be interpreted any type of way), and I may use a few news footage such as Vice News.
Sources
- Lazaridis, Gabriella. International migration into Europe: from subjects to abject. New York Palgrave Macmillan, 2015.
- Kane, Abdoulaye African migrations [electronic resource]: patterns and perspectives, Bloomington: Indiana University Press. 2012. http://web.a.ebscohost.com/ehost/ebookviewer/ebook/bmxlYmtfXzUyMzQxNF9fQU41?sid=6ba8e69b-79ac-4998-8f62-6e6b32baffbd@sessionmgr4005&vid=0&format=EB&rid=1
- Carling, Jørgen “European Strategies for Reducing ‘Unwanted’ Immigration” Policy Brief, April 2007
4. Kohnert Dirk “African Migration to Europe: Obscured Responsibilities and Common Misconceptions” Working Paper, May 2007.
- MARTIN, Michael T. “Fortress Europeand Third World immigration in the post-cold war global context” Third World Quarterly 20. NUM 4. 1999.- P. 821-835; 1999
Alvin- This a great topic because you can take it in so many directions. Talking about the positive and negative aspects of aliens immigrating into Europe will definitely help develop your paper, but focusing on why it is an issue nonetheless on a global perspective is important. You could also possibly analyze specific case studies of countries in Europe that are facing these problems and collect sources from media coming out of those countries.
You did a really good job in narrowing down your topic to causes and effects, and the locations to just the Middle East and Africa into the EU. I also think your questions (like asking how legitimate the EU’s fears are) are relevant to your main idea. Reading your proposal, it seems like you have a tendency to focus on the economic issues regarding immigration. If you say in your tentative thesis that you will be focusing on the economics, I think it will narrow down your scope for you even more.
Alvin, I think the topic you selected is very relevant and interesting! I am curious as to what kind of paper you are going to be writing (history, sociology, physiology etc). In your scope it might be helpful to had more historical research like times in history when there was/is mass immigration movements (noticing trends). In terms of you analytical questions I think you may want to go a little more depth and be more specific. But overall you have some great ideas going!!
Alvin- Your topic is very relevant and I’ve seen a lot of the topic of immigration in the media recently because of the presidential election candidates. After reading your paper proposal, I learned that just like the U.S. and Mexico, european countries race many of the same intense issues. I feel like your final paper will definitely be able to flow many important ideas together.
Alvin, your topic clearly seems to be very important to you and it shows in your writing. This is an important and hot topic in the twenty-first century for so many people. I agree that people are biased about this topic, and it’s hard not to be. I think that you did a great job narrowing down your scope to specific regions in Europe. I think you could also expand and be a little more specific in your scope and bring in some evidence from your research. Also, I think that you use strong claims a little too much in your paper, and your argument will be better if you slim down on those because if the reader already thinks that you think one way, there will be no way to see the other side. Just be careful of that because I fall under the same trap in expressing my side before I really know everything on the subject. Those are my only suggestions. The originality is clear and there are many resources available to you. Your questions grasp the audience and I can tell you feel strongly on this issue.