{"id":6128,"date":"2018-12-14T03:26:32","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T03:26:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/14\/the-end-of-the-line-the-uncertain-future-of-the-western-world\/"},"modified":"2018-12-14T03:26:32","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T03:26:32","slug":"the-end-of-the-line-the-uncertain-future-of-the-western-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpinitiate.com\/index.php\/2018\/12\/14\/the-end-of-the-line-the-uncertain-future-of-the-western-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The End of the Line: the uncertain future of the western world"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/157044515?color=00adef\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>The refugee and migrant &#8216;crisis&#8217; has been in the headlines for the last year &#8211; but is it really a crisis? In this film I take an alternative look and ask what it really means for you, me and the future of our way of life.<\/p>\n<p>Scroll down for links to all sources for all facts and data used in the video. <\/p>\n<p>Written and Directed by Adam Westbrook<br \/>\nwww.patreon.com\/AdamWestbrook <\/p>\n<p>WITH THANKS TO<br \/>\nEva Alisic<br \/>\nTracey Elliot<br \/>\nCaroline Vanier<br \/>\nNafees Hamid<br \/>\nGuy Gunaratne <\/p>\n<p>Funded by the Global Young Academy.<\/p>\n<p>French subtitles: Otiko Bagaturia<br \/>\nGerman subtitles: Otiko Bagaturia<\/p>\n<p>PATREON BETATESTERS<br \/>\nCraig Warren<br \/>\nJoel D Canfield<br \/>\nDean Whitney<br \/>\nMatija Dukic<br \/>\nNick Randhawa<br \/>\nChris Schaefer<br \/>\nKieron Tarrant<br \/>\nRobert Moran<br \/>\nMax Romey<br \/>\nKriti Sharma<br \/>\nwww.patreon.com\/AdamWestbrook<\/p>\n<p>FOOTAGE<br \/>\nGetty Images<br \/>\nPond5<br \/>\nVideoHive<br \/>\nNASA<\/p>\n<p>Featuring footage from \u201cThe Train\u201d by Clara Cullen<br \/>\n(Released under a Creative Commons Licence)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/33404470\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/vimeo.com\/33404470<\/a><\/p>\n<p>IMAGES<br \/>\nBundesarchiv<br \/>\nLibrary of Congress<br \/>\nTrocraire on Flickr (cc)<br \/>\nAntoine Beauvillain <\/p>\n<p>MUSIC<br \/>\nAudioJungle<\/p>\n<p>DIRECTED BY ADAM WESTBROOK <\/p>\n<p>Fresh Eyes on the Refugee Crisis<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/globalyoungacademy.net\/fresh-eyes-on-the-refugee-crisis\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/globalyoungacademy.net\/fresh-eyes-on-the-refugee-crisis\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>SOURCES:<br \/>\nIn 2015 alone, more than 1 million refugees and migrants came ashore, the majority escaping the conflict in Syria:<br \/>\nOfficial figure for 2015: 1,005,504 &#8211; Institute of Migration: <a href=\"http:\/\/migration.iom.int\/europe\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/migration.iom.int\/europe\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Europe has a population of 508 million people:<br \/>\nEuroStat, official <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php\/File:\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php\/File:<\/a>Demographic_balance,_2014_(thousand)_YB15_II.png<\/p>\n<p>Europe\u2019s population increased 0.19%<br \/>\n1,005,504 \/ 508,000,000 x 100<\/p>\n<p>70 years ago Europe was handling 31 million displaced people<br \/>\nPorter, Anne \u201cGhosts of Europe\u201d p. 281<\/p>\n<p>Europe\u2019s shrinking birthrates:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php\/File:\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php\/File:<\/a>Number_of_live_births,_EU-28,_1961%E2%80%932013_(%C2%B9)_(million)_YB15.png<\/p>\n<p>Europe\u2019s ageing population:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php\/File:\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/eurostat\/statistics-explained\/index.php\/File:<\/a>Median_age_of_population,_EU-28,_2001%E2%80%9314_(%C2%B9)_(years)_YB15.png <\/p>\n<p>Economists are saying immigration is essential for Europe\u2019s labour shortage:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/esa\/population\/publications\/popdecline\/fotakis.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.un.org\/esa\/population\/publications\/popdecline\/fotakis.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.adamsmith.org\/blog\/economics\/new-report-migration-and-development\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.adamsmith.org\/blog\/economics\/new-report-migration-and-development\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.vice.com\/read\/we-asked-an-expert-happen-if-eu-opened-borders-to-everyone-584\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.vice.com\/read\/we-asked-an-expert-happen-if-eu-opened-borders-to-everyone-584<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/ideas.repec.org\/p\/mse\/cesdoc\/13013.html\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/ideas.repec.org\/p\/mse\/cesdoc\/13013.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Immigrant families contribute more each year than they take out:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.oecd-ilibrary.org\/social-issues-migration-health\/international-migration-outlook-2013_migr_outlook-2013-en\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.oecd-ilibrary.org\/social-issues-migration-health\/international-migration-outlook-2013_migr_outlook-2013-en<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Immigrants in Denmark raised wages and quality of life for locals:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.economics.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/events\/peri%\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.economics.cornell.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/files\/events\/peri%<\/a>20paper.pdf<\/p>\n<p>This isn\u2019t a migrant crisis, it\u2019s something else<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.migrantsrights.org.uk\/blog\/2016\/02\/refugee-crisis-crisis-policy-rather-refugees\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.migrantsrights.org.uk\/blog\/2016\/02\/refugee-crisis-crisis-policy-rather-refugees<\/a><\/p>\n<p>We wouldn\u2019t have any greek influences or science if it weren\u2019t for the Arab World<br \/>\nLyons, Jonathan \u201cThe House of Wisdom: How the Arabs Transformed Western Civilisation\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/House-Wisdom-Transformed-Western-Civilization\/dp\/1408801213\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/House-Wisdom-Transformed-Western-Civilization\/dp\/1408801213\/<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Western values, institutions etc are neatly summed up in the UN Declaration of Human Rights (1946) and the European Declaration of Fundamental Rights (2000)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/universal-declaration-human-rights\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.un.org\/en\/universal-declaration-human-rights\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/justice\/fundamental-rights\/charter\/index_en.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/justice\/fundamental-rights\/charter\/index_en.htm<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Fukuyama, Francis The End of History (1992)<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/End-History-Last-Man\/dp\/024196024X\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.amazon.co.uk\/End-History-Last-Man\/dp\/024196024X<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Estimates of jihadists leaving Europe<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/uk.businessinsider.com\/afp-more-than-6000-european-jihadists-in-syria-eu-official-2015-4\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/uk.businessinsider.com\/afp-more-than-6000-european-jihadists-in-syria-eu-official-2015-4<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Daesh have formed the largest volunteer fighting force since World War 2<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/why-isis-has-the-potential-to-be-a-world-altering-revolution\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/why-isis-has-the-potential-to-be-a-world-altering-revolution<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Daesh are selling an inspiring message<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/why-isis-has-the-potential-to-be-a-world-altering-revolution\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/aeon.co\/essays\/why-isis-has-the-potential-to-be-a-world-altering-revolution<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jihadists are motivated by \u201csacred values\u201d<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/artisresearch.com\/the-devoted-actor-sacred-values-and-willingness-to-fight-preliminary-studies-with-isil-volunteers-and-kurdish-frontline-fighters\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/artisresearch.com\/the-devoted-actor-sacred-values-and-willingness-to-fight-preliminary-studies-with-isil-volunteers-and-kurdish-frontline-fighters\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>People in the west are not inspired or motivated by western values<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/artisresearch.com\/the-devoted-actor-sacred-values-and-willingness-to-fight-preliminary-studies-with-isil-volunteers-and-kurdish-frontline-fighters\/\" 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