1.  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?

2.  The population of Europe is 742.5 million o The population of the United States is 316.1 million

3.  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.

4.  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.

5.  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.

6.  France has increased its birthrates with new family policies and support for working women. o The more French babies = more French culture o 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.

7.  Read the sections titled Comparing Europe and The US  Make a Venn Diagram comparing and contrasting Immigration in Europe and the United States

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