Abstract
Non EU States Invasion of Europe: The invasion of cheap labour from Eastern and Central Europe as a consequence of EU enlargement is, of course, one of the great worries of EU member States. Actual numbers are minuscule compared to the fears they have engendered, as is so often the case. Much has been written-among others, about the issues of EU enlargement and EU integration and what it all means for EU transatlantic relations with the United States. However, I have come to conclude that the biggest question of all is how Europe deals with its comfortable labour force and extensive welfare states in order to face the challenges of the future. Immigration and Integration: Europe faces an immigration predicament. Mainstream politicians, are held hostage by xenophobic parties.They adopt anti-immigrant rhetoric to win over fearful publics, while the foreign-born are increasingly marginalized in schools, cities, and at the workplace. Yet, despite high unemployment across much of the continent, too many employers lack the workers they need. Engineers, doctors, and nurses are in short supply; so, too, are farmhands and health aides. And Europe can never have enough entrepreneurs, whose ideas drive economies and create jobs.The prevailing skepticism about immigration is not wholly unfounded. Many communities are genuinely polarized, which makes Europeans understandably anxious.
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