My Way News - Migrant arrivals unlikely to bring major changes to Europe
My Way News reports: "Experts say, however, that there's virtually no chance that the
newcomers will radically change the demographics or cultural makeup of
the continent — as many populist leaders have contended.
They cite recent research by the U.S.-based Pew Research Center which
estimated that in 2010 Muslims made up 6 percent of the population of
Europe and Russia and this was expected to rise to just over 10 percent
by 2050. In the same period, the percentage of Christians is set to
decline from 74.5 percent to just over 65 percent — with part of that
decline due to the increasing numbers of those with Christian
backgrounds who are turning their backs on religion altogether. [...] although projections of numbers of migrants may need to be updated."
Comment: Well, there's an understatement. I hope they don't make policy based on 2010 projections without taking into account the demographic and population surge caused by the mass exodus of refugees from the Middle East. To say there will be virtually no change in the demographics or cultural makeup of Europe is merely wishful thinking after what we've seen in the last month and what is still to come. Refugees traditionally return home after the the war, but I doubt the majority of those recent arrivals will make the return journey. Still unanswered, why are the rich Gulf states, with whom the refugees share ties of ethnicity and religion, not the safe haven that Europe is?
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