An Overview of the Middle East Immigrants in the EU: Origin, Status Quo and Challenges

Abstract

AB yerleşik göçmen sayısının en fazla olduğu yerdir; Avrupa dışında doğan insanların nüfuzu 56 milyonu bulmaktadır. Orta Doğu’daki bitmek bilmez savaşlar ve kargaşa yüzünden, bölgeye yerleşen insanların, özellikle de sığınmacıların sayısı AB’yi bu açıdan dünyanın bir numaralı göçmen bölgesine dönüştürmüştür. Dolayısıyla AB ve Orta Doğu’daki nüfuz hareketlerine dair temel hatları açığa çıkarmak, uluslararası göç meseleleriyle ilgili araştırmalar bakımından büyük önem taşımaktadır. AB ülkelerine giden çok sayıda sığınmacı ve mülteci vardır. Bu süreç dört aşamaya ayrılabilir. Arap Baharı’ndan bu yana, özellikle de 2011’de Suriye’de patlak veren iç savaş ve 2013 yılında “İslami Devletin” yükselişiyle birlikte, tüm AB bölgesi II. Dünya Savaşı’ndan bu yana gerçekleşmiş en büyük göç dalgasıyla karşılaşmıştır.

 

Anahtar Kelimeler: AB, Orta Doğu, Göçmen, Sığınmacı, Suriye

An Overview of the Middle East Immigrants in the EU: Origin, Status Quo and Challenges

Abstract

EU has the most inhabited immigrant population; it has up to a population of 56 million foreign-born people. And due to the perennial war and chaos in the Middle East, the amount of relocated population in the region, especially the number of refugees, ranks the No.1 all over the world. Therefore, to clarify the main patterns of the movement of people in EU and the Middle East is of great significance in terms of the research on the issues of international migration. There are a large number of refugees and asylum seekers heading to EU countries; it can be divided into four stages. Since the Arab Spring, especially after the outbreak of the civil war in Syria in 2011, and the rise of the “Islamic State” in 2013, the whole EU area have experienced the biggest wave of refugees since World War II.

 

Keywords: EU, Middle East, Immigrant, Refugee, Syria

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