Immigration, integration and interaction in the future of the Mediterranean / Inmigración, integración e interacción en el futuro del Mediterráneo

Abstract

Europe is today the first continent in the matter of international immigration, in the 2005 counted on 65 Ms of international immigrants, followed by Asia 53 Ms and North America with 44 Ms according to the International Labour Organization (ILO) in the 2004, 56 millions immigrants lived in Europe on which 27.5 millions are active. The European States that were traditionally countries of emigration like Italy, Spain or Portugal are today immigration countries. These movements of population, provisional, permanent, economic character or in relation to the familiar regrouping do not leave indifferent the states of the European Union, but even, it forces to think integration policies in order to assure social peace the set of its respective multiethnic and multi religion societies.

Keywords

• Immigration
• integration
• interaction
• social peace
• Mediterranean space