ABSTRACT
There are many issues that face the world of the twenty-first century. Among these are environmental problems, nuclear proliferation, terrorism, hunger, poverty, war and famine. Yet few of these pose as great a challenge to the state and its traditional identity than the issue of transnational immigration. While it can be acknowledged that transnational immigration has been encouraged by increasing and cheaper modes of transportation, communications and commerce, it may offer enormous prospects but at the same time portends serious consequences. The most critical issue facing liberal democracies today “concerns the integration of immigrant minorities as citizens of pluralistic democracies” (Fukuyama, 2006, p. 6), particularly those from traditionally illiberal societies. This problem seems more stacked-up for many European countries. “Even with no new net immigration-which most European countries by now have cut off-higher birth rates among minority immigrant communities will increase their overall proportion in the population in the next generation” (Fukuyama, 2006, p. 6).
