POPULATION AND IMMIGRATION IN EUROPE

TODAY, YOU WILL BE INVESTIGATING THE IMMIGRATION ISSUE IN EUROPE.o WHAT ARE THE POPULATION CHARACTERISTICS OF

EUROPE?o HOW DOES IMMIGRATION AFFECT THEIR POPULATION

CHARACTERISTICS?o WHY ARE PEOPLE EMIGRATING?o WHAT COUNTRIES SEE THE MOST IMMIGRATION, WHY?o HOW DOES THE BORDER SETUP OF EUROPEAN

COUNTRIES AFFECT IMMIGRATION PATTERNS?o WHAT ARE PEOPLE OF EUROPE’S VIEW OF THIS?o HOW DOES THEIR IMMIGRATION COMPARE TO THE

UNITED STATES?

POPULATION OF EUROPE

The population of Europe is 742.5 milliono The population of

the United States is 316.1 million

Future Growth The UK is expected to overtake

Germany and France as Europe’s most populated country in 50 years time.

British birthrate is now one of the highest in Western Europe at 1.91 children.

The average age of The British population is younger than most European countries at 39.

Across the EU’s countries there are 4 people for every person over 65, but by 2060 that will be 2:1.

Why are people emigrating to Europe

Asylum Seekers (seeking safety)o Must make a claim in the country they are immigrating to, but

this status has not been fully evaluated. o If they are not truly a refugee, they can face being deported.o If there are many immigrants coming from the same countries

where there have been conflict or persecution, they can not be fully interviewed and are usually granted refugee status.

Schengen Agreement Schengen Agreement eliminated

controls at their common borders. Most Asylum seekers really want

to reach Europe’s Northern, wealthier countries like Germany and the UK.o For example, if a migrant is

processed in Greece, he is now a Greece problem even though in that migrant is probably seeing Greece as a stepping stone.

o Greece spent 63 million to help with illegal immigration, only 3 million came from EU patrols

Some say countries should be required to share the load of these immigrants.

What are solutions? France has increased its

birthrates with new family policies and support for working women.o The more French babies =

more French cultureo France has outlawed the

wearing of hijab (veils). Some say that positive

net migration would be the only population growth factor over the next 50 years, but even that may not counterbalance the natural change.

Articles Read the sections titled Comparing Europe and

The US Make a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting

Immigration in Europe and the United States

The Incredible Shrinking Continent

Read the Article and Answer the Questions Turn in the Questions when you are finished.