Introduction
As the twenty-first century began, the number of international migrants worldwide has started to climb from 173 million in 2000 to 220 million in 2010 and 258 million in 2017. The movement does not relate to certain areas, but it includes all continents and states. According to studies, migration mainly occurs between countries that are situated in the same world region. This trend, however, does not promise migration among similar cultures. As a response to the migration influx, states started to adopt diverse policies regarding the existence of migrants in their own states. Especially those states that are more alert regarding the security concerns created by the presence of migrants, they tend to take more strict measures vis-à-vis migrants culture and their integration into the host country.
Definition
In the broadest sense, the term assimilation refers to elimination of differences during a cultural encounter. During this sociocultural process, the dissimilarities of...
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Bayar, T. (2019). Assimilation. In: Romaniuk, S., Thapa, M., Marton, P. (eds) The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Global Security Studies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74336-3_165-1
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