Migracje z Bliskiego Wschodu i Afryki Północnej jako wyzwanie i zagrożenie dla bezpieczeństwa Europy Zachodniej
Migrations from the Middle East and North Africa as a challenge and a threat to the security of Western Europe

Author(s): Agata Sawicka
Subject(s): Politics / Political Sciences, Political Sciences
Published by: Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Śląskiego
Keywords: migration; security; refuge
Summary/Abstract: The aim of this article is to show the challenges and dangers Europe faces in connection with the migrant and refugee crisis and, resulting from it, a massive inflow of foreigners from the Near East and North Africa to its territory According to the author, the crisis constitutes a great threat to the European security, both politically and socially, involving its citizens directly. As far as the political issues go, the threats concern lessened cohesion and unanimity between the European Union countries and possible collapse of the Schengen Area. The main dangers for the citizens are connected with terrorist attacks and different acts of violence whose number has rapidly grown since migrants and refugees started coming to Europe on a massive scale. Criminal activity of those foreigners also causes a huge problem. It concerns sexual crimes committed against women or even children. Moreover, the migration crisis poses a threat to the cultural security of Europeans, who face an identity crisis nowadays, whereas the Arab culture seems to grow stronger. On the other hand, we have been experiencing an increasing influence of the radical and nationalisticorganizations opposing the culturally different foreigners. The migration conflict constitutes both a challenge and threat to the European security and its implications shall be described in this article.

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