How do European countries deal with immigration?

Emigration out of EuropeMid-1850s, over 200K people a year were emigrating out of EuropeMost were leaving Britain, Ireland, and GermanyBy 1907 over 1.3 million were leaving per year (Italy, E. Europe)Many immigrants did not make the journey across the Atlantic, dying

in shipwrecks• Poor diets also made it easier to contract diseases like cholera & typhoid. Many suffer from rancid food & water

•By the 1930s the huge wave of emigration out of Europe was over

•Starting in the 1980s, there was a large amount of immigration between European countries

The New Melting Pot??Relaxed immigration rules in the EU along with booming economies in

the west resulted in many Eastern Europeans immigrating westMany worked for cheap labor and did non-traditional jobsStarting in the 2000s, people from other parts of the world also

immigrated to Europe because of lax rules & good economyBritain, France, and Spain saw citizens from their former colonies

coming to Europe for workSpain’s population has grown 10% just from immigrationHowever, after welcoming immigrants for years, many Europeans feel

immigrants are changing the culture of their countries

•Illegal immigration, loss of jobs, and terrorism have been hot anti-immigration topics

Summer School Homework:Google “immigration issues”Find two web sites (one that supports

immigration and one against immigration – legal or illegal)

Write down the URL of eachPick two points made on the web site that

support immigration and don’t support immigration