Female emigration from North Africa to Europe – Intercultural Functions
Female emigration from North Africa to Europe – Intercultural Functions

Summary/Abstract: The current world is under a social phenomenon based on globalization. The revolution of communications, economic freedom, transportation and others are influencing an important movement of population from the poorer areas to those more developed all over the planet. The European Union is receiving immigrants from Africa and Asia that somehow are challenging the social cohesion of the European societies. This research is focused on the immigration from the Maghreb region, including Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, to Spain and the European Union, because the nationals of these three countries represent an important share of immigrants in European soil. The reference to Spain is due the difficulty to find reliable global European data about immigration, the geographical position of the country as a gate to Europe and its potential as a consistent sample for the rest of Europe. This research has focused on the female participation in this movement of population as a crucial fact to keep the migrants local identity avoiding their assimilation by the host societies or their influence as multicultural vectors in a two ways cultural communication.

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