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Muslims in Europe: - International Institute - University of Michigan

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c. The majority <strong>of</strong> migrants from outside <strong>Europe</strong> came from former colonies and obvious<br />

colonial connections were important. North and West Africans moved to France. People came<br />

to the UK from India, Pakistan, Bengal and Caribbean countries. People from Sur<strong>in</strong>am and<br />

Indonesia migrated to the Netherlands. In contrast to later, many came as citizens – e.g. British<br />

Nationality Act (1948) allowed citizens <strong>of</strong> the British Empire to move to the “mother country.”<br />

This ended <strong>in</strong> 1962 with the first restrictive immigration law.<br />

Not all <strong>Europe</strong>an states had colonies. West Germany is the most obvious example: a press<strong>in</strong>g<br />

labor shortage led to the guestworker program <strong>in</strong> the mid 1950s. Guestworkers were purely<br />

economic and hence had precarious legal / legislative status <strong>in</strong> German society. Many wanted to<br />

stay and deportation was politically unacceptable (after war-time abuses). (Social and Urban<br />

Change <strong>in</strong> Western <strong>Europe</strong>, Lecture 2: Fortress <strong>Europe</strong>: The Geography <strong>of</strong> Social Disparity,”<br />

Andrew Jones)<br />

C. Articles for Students:<br />

“Immigrants Change Face <strong>of</strong> Old <strong>Europe</strong>”<br />

http://www.cfr.org/pub6827/charles_a_kupchan/immigrants_change_face_<strong>of</strong>_old_europe.php<br />

“Permanent Guests: Labor Migration, Citizenship and Identity”<br />

http://www.epiic.com/archives/1998/sympos98/guests98.html<br />

“What perspectives for Islam and <strong>Muslims</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>Europe</strong>? An Overview “<br />

http://www.euractiv.com/Article?tcmuri=tcm:29-117042-16&type=Analysis<br />

“<strong>Europe</strong>’s Muslim Street”<br />

http://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/politics/2003/0304muslimeu.htm<br />

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