“We still have not seen anything on migration push”
The migratory pressure is only just beginning. The environemental, societal and religious causes are numerous and pushing governments to act in a different and sometimes extreme ways.
The integration of migrants will not happen overnight for the associate researcher at IRIS.
Deciphering the workings of the current phenomenon and future waves of immigration that Europe will face in the coming years.
Read the full interview (in french) on the IRIS website
Serge Michailof is Associate Research Fellow at IRIS, specialised on the Development of the so-called “fragile countries” and the Post conflict reconstruction.
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