The possible impacts of immigration of third country nationals on the security of European Union member countries
The year 2015 can be considered a turning point in the area of immigration of third-country nationals to Europe. The year-on-year increase in the number of immigrants by 48 percent caused a wave of outrage and fear of acceptance among the "domestic" European population. The growing numb...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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University of Security Management in Košice
2020-06-01
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| Series: | Košická bezpečnostná revue |
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| Online Access: | http://kbr.vsbm.sk/2020/n1/poljakovic.pdf |
| Summary: | The year 2015 can be considered a turning point in the area of immigration of third-country
nationals to Europe. The year-on-year increase in the number of immigrants by 48 percent
caused a wave of outrage and fear of acceptance among the "domestic" European population.
The growing number of medializedcases of immigrants´crimes has divided the population, but
also the governments of individual countries of the European Union (hereinafter "EU") into
several opinion-forming groups. There are studies that describe the impact of immigration on
the security of a particular EU country. The results of the studies vary from country to country.
The studies focus in particular on examining the impact of immigration at national level and do
not examine the European area as a whole. For that reason, the main aim of the arcticle is, with
use of relevant scientific research methods, to define the possible impacts of immigration of
third-country nationals to security of all EU member countries. The evaluation of the results
showed that the impact of the share of immigrants on the number of thefts did not manifest itself
in countries with a share of immigrants below 3.7%. The impact of the share of immigrants on
the number of homicides is in EU countries minimal. It has not been confirmed that the country
with the highest proportion of immigrants has the highest proportion of terrorist attacks. By
summarizing the study, it can be argued that immigration does not have an impact on crime,
widespread in all EU countries. For that reason, the number of foreigners in their territory is
only a relevant indicator of immigration.
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| ISSN: | 1338-4880 1338-6956 |