THE POWERFUL CONSEQUENCES OF BEING TOO WEAK - THE IMPACT OF IMMIGRATION ON DEMOCRATIC REGIMES

fear of being displaced by alien Labour or invaded by fundamentalist m obs. Others have some basis, such as those concerning illegal behaviou r or the magnitude of inflows, at least in some countries. However the profile of our European democracies may, unless certain policies are pursued, be doomed to change for the worse, not because of these commo nly reared dangers bur in consequence of the increasing number of work ers who do not enjoy basic political, civil and social rights.