Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Economic and Political Science - Department of Political Science

Immigration is one of contemporary political issues, not only in Europe but throughout the world. The contemporary {u2018}Refugee Crisis{u2019} refers to the high inflows of irregular migration crossing the Mediterranean Sea to enter Europe and consists primarily of Syrians fleeing a violent, deadlocked civil war. Other groups include Afghans and Eritreans, both trying to escape violence. Some come from poor and unstable countries such as South Sudan, Iraq, Somalia, and Pakistan. With these large numbers of migrants that reaching Europe through the Mediterranean Seaduring the first eight months of 2016 adding up to the 1,321,560 asylum claims in 2015, the European countries face a serious challenge to its reception system.The contemporary refugee crisis, with increasing the number of immigrants and other factors, led to the rise of the far-right parties in Western Europe. The most popular item in the new far right{u2019}s political agenda concerns its opposition to immigrants. Many European countries have experienced a sharp rise in the number of immigrants, and this has been accompanied by outbreaks of hostility towards foreigners who are perceived as a threat to precarious jobs and livelihoods but also as posing a challenge to national cultures and identities

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