With regard to the rest of the world, does a European model for the integration of immigrants exist?
I don’t think there is a European model even if we are getting closer and closer to a harmonisation of legislation, especially in a repressive sense. In The Netherlands, for example, it’s pillarisation [a concept whereby social systems including education and heath care are divided on religious lines between Roman Catholics and Protestants on one side and liberals/those without religion on the other]. In France it’s secularism. But if you look at the regulations regarding nationality it is phenomenal; there are unbelievable differences. For example, when you compare how many foreigners there are in the different countries, it doesn’t make sense. In France there are 3,600,000 foreigners. But that is because of French regulations. If you were in Latin America, the figure would be only 600,000. In Germany or Switzerland there would be 6 million. With the same population therefore you can go from 600,000 to 6 million foreigners. We are not comparing like with like. For instance, suppose tw
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