Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/149977 
Year of Publication: 
2016
Series/Report no.: 
AGDI Working Paper No. WP/16/053
Publisher: 
African Governance and Development Institute (AGDI), Yaoundé
Abstract: 
The purpose of this study is to dispel some myths associated with migrants in order to improve socio-economic appraisal of the consequences of the recent surge of migrants into Europe. We argue that: (i) the concern about loss of Christian cultural values is lacking in substance because compared to a relatively near historical epoch or era, very few European citizens do go to Church in contemporary Europe; (ii) the threat to European liberal institutions is falsifiable and statistically fragile because it is not substantiated with significant evidence; (iii) the insignificant proportion of the Moslem population that is aligned with Islamic fundamentalism invalidates the hypothesis on importation of radical Islamic fundamentalism and (iv) the concern about social security burden is relevant only in the short-term because of Europe’s ageing population.
Subjects: 
Migration
the European Union
Development
JEL: 
F20
J61
J83
K31
O15
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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