The UK is experiencing a deficit of
Caucasian people in the regions where the majority of the population is
made up of immigrants and ethnic minorities. In the last 10 years more
than 620 thousand white Brits left the capital of the UK, where
Caucasians are now a minority making up only 45% of London’s population.
The
policy of multiculturalism in Europe is experiencing a crisis,
Chancellor of Germany Angela Merkel admitted, as did UK’s Prime Minister
David Cameron. At a meeting with young activists of the Christian
Democratic Union in October 2010, Merkel declared that attempts to
create a multicultural society in Germany have failed completely.
According
to The Daily Mail the UK is experiencing the same problem as is evident
from the recent Demos studies. Trevor Phillips, former chair of the
Equality and Human Rights Commission, claims that regions with a high
concentration of ethnic minorities prevent newcomers from integrating
and adapting to life in the UK.
The
situation is no better in France, where a case was recently opened
dealing with racism targeting Caucasians. Two young people asked a
passer-by for a cigarette and, faced with a refusal, started to verbally
assault him in French and Arabic and then beat him up. As a result, the
victim was severely wounded.
Modern
Europe has experienced a fair share of ethnic conflicts, like the Paris
unrest in 2005 and the London riots that took place in Tottenham in
August 2011. Ethnic tensions in Europe are growing worse with each
passing year, political analyst Sergei Mikheyev says.
“The
policy of multiculturalism in Europe has failed. Immigrants are not
integrating into the Western society; on the contrary, they do
everything to lead a segregated lifestyle and establish closed
communities with their own rules. They use the material luxuries that
the Western countries provide, but they want to live according to their
own laws and beliefs.”
The
common belief is that there are two ways to solve this problem: either
to accept that the policy of multiculturalism has failed, or try to
establish a much stricter European identity. Whether Europe is ready for
either option is a big question.
It
would be very difficult for the EU to overcome this conflict in a
smooth way, expert at the Moscow State Institute of International
Relations Vladislav Belov believes.
“Europe
needs to limit immigration. There will be resistance, but the
government has enough resources for stricter control in situations when
resistance surpasses the boundaries of what is deemed civil in the
European society.”
It
seems that today a reverse integration is taking place: it is not the
immigrants who adapt to the local way of life, but the natives who try
to modify their lifestyles in accordance with the immigrants’ demands.
Experts predict that if this trend continues, in 30-50 years Europe as we know it will cease to exist.
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