Immigration
keeps changing the face of Europe. Even in this corner of the EU called
Portugal. We have now people that have come from other countries within the EU
as well as people that travelled to us from afar. Every day I discover, in the
vicinity of my residence, someone that came from a foreign land to work in
Portugal.
This
is a new reality and people have adjusted to it, in some countries better than
in others. But there are serious risks of violent rejection as well.
In
the end, the bottom line is about respect and tolerance. Mutual tolerance, of
course, from both sides. And also about making sure that opportunistic politicians
do not take advantage of immigration issues to create societal divisions and
conflicts. They are actually the greatest danger in societies that have a good
number of immigrants.
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