ABSTRACT
One of the secrets of the cohesion shown by Arab societies in the past undoubtedly lay in their ability to organise themselves into a relatively homogeneous entity at a cultural, economic and political level. This chapter aims to attempt an overall view to clarify the essential features of inter-Arab and Euro-Arab migration whilst at the same time identifying structural. In general, European immigration policy has been and continues to be founded to a great extent on the possibility of using various policy measures to facilitate the flow of certain countries' excess labour force to other countries suffering from a labour shortage. Emigration has enabled the industrialised countries of Europe to resolve the problems deriving from the labour shortages, to accumulate capital and to adopt an open-door policy towards investment. The problem of inter-Arab migration is very new and statistical sources are relatively rare.
