Migration and European Integration of Minorities

Demography issues and Migration issues are two of the key elements of modern society, bringing benefits and conflicts both to the receiving places and to the place of origin and raising issues of security, social measurments and multiculturalism in our globalised world. One of the great challenges of contemporary Europe is related to migration and the need for European integration of minority communities, including immigrants. Evaluations conducted have shown that there is a great need for expertise and policies regarding the European integration of minorities in both their countries of origin and in the new host countries when we are dealing with migration. Migration has been amplified in the context of EU enlargement to Eastern Europe, millions of people migrating from the former communist countries to Western Europe. In the area of the new EU eastern borders, there are specific ethnic and religious realities whose knowledge and understanding are necessary. The volume aims at meeting the need for general and specific knowledge in the field of ethnic and religious realities at the European Union eastern border area.