Cultural aspects of the policies of the European Union countries towards immigrants: The current migrant crisis challenge

• Main Author: Prnjat Dejana
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Institute of Ethnography, SASA, Belgrade 2017-01-01
• Series: Glasnik Etnografskog Instituta SANU
• Subjects: immigration; multiculturalism; assimilation; intercultural communication; the European Union
• Online Access: http://www.doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0350-0861/2017/0350-08611703611P.pdf

Throughout the history of mankind, as a result of migration, different cultures came in contact and influenced each other, with different outcomes. In recent years, as a result of more frequent armed conflicts in the world, the influx of migrants to Europe has increased significantly. Even the European Union countries that had traditionally been considered as emigrant, Italy, for example, are becoming immigrant. New situation has influenced the change in attitude of many governments of countries wherein the migrants arrived, and while some still prefer multiculturalism, there is a growing number of those who do not share this position. The aim of this paper is to analyze the cultural aspects of the policies of the European Union countries towards immigrants which evolved as a result of the current migrant crisis.