Lecture Oussama Zebda "Arabs emigration to Europe: pros and cons" 09.12.21

Oussama Zebda, the President and founder of the International Youth Council Friends Association, gave a lecture about the Arab emigration to the European countries, its pros and cons.

The lecture was focused on the timeline of the Arab immigration to the European continent, recent events concerning the increasing number of immigrants in the second decade of the XXI century, brain drain in the Arab world, and advantages and disadvantages of the Arab immigration for both the EU and the Arab world.

During the lecture, the participants learned about the history of the Arab immigration to Europe and its impact on the European countries with a more precise focus on some of them: Spain, Portugal, the UK, Germany, France, Belgium, the Netherlands. Furthermore, Oussama Zebda spoke about brain drain in the Arab countries and, in this connection, he demonstrated the results of KAS PolDiMed 2020 Survey. Finally, the speaker explained pros and cons of the Arab immigration for the European countries at first, and subsequently for the Arab world.

Questions after the lecture: reasons why immigrants choose the EU, process of the integration into European society, consequences of the coronavirus on migration, French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour’s proposition concerning illegal immigrants, attitude of the European citizens towards immigrants and working places.

For reference:
Oussama Zebda. Arabs emigration to Europe: pros and cons. [Video]. M.: HSE, 2021.

Time-codes:
0:00:00 Introduction
0:02:00 Plan of the lecture
0:02:50 Timeline of Arab immigration into the EU
0:03:34 The Umayyad Caliphate at its height (661-750 AD)
0:04:55 Impact on the European countries in XV-XX centuries (Spain & Portugal, UK, Germany, France, the Netherlands, Belgium)
0:18:26 Growth of asylum applications in the European countries from 2015 (Greece, Italy, Germany, Spain)
0:21:46 Brain drain in the Arab world
0:23:02 Results of KAS PolDiMed 2020 Survey
0:29:25 Pros and cons of Arab immigration
0:29:40 Pros for the European countries
0:32:57 Cons for the European countries
0:35:33 Pros for the Arab countries
0:37:35 Cons for the Arab countries
0:40:45 Conclusion
0:43:46 Question 1. Why do immigrants choose the EU and not some other Arab country?
0:46:13 Question 2. How does the speaker feel about Far-right French presidential candidate Eric Zemmour’s proposition to expel all illegal immigrants?
0:48:40 Question 3. What do European citizens think about immigrants taking away working places from them?
0:52:23 Question 4. What are possible consequences of the passed bill threatening doctors’ places in France?
0:56:16 Question 5. How do European countries could mitigate processes like integration of an immigrant into European society?
1:00:30 Question 6. How has the migration from South Africa changed after the coronavirus?
1:02:21 Question 7. Can the consequences of the coronavirus lead to radical revision of attitudes towards migration?

Видео Lecture Oussama Zebda "Arabs emigration to Europe: pros and cons" 09.12.21 канала Middle East Club HSE