Attitudes toward immigrants

- immigration concerns in EU

1. population growth in the EU is fueled by immigration from other regions of the world, a trend disliked by many europeans

- Peoples biggest fears are that the host country's culture will be lost because immigrants.....
1. adhere to different religions
2. speak different languages
3. practice different food and other cultural habits

- Hostility to immigrants has become a central plank/backbone of some political parties in some European countries
1. immigrants blamed for crime, unemployment rates, high welfare costs, etc...

- Characteristics of migrants

1. Ravenstein noted...
- most long distant migrants are males

- most are adult individuals rather than traveling with family
- most are going to seek work