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Originally Posted by Manji

As it is, ukrainians are flocking to Western Europe to work as underpayed illegal immigrants and are today the most numerous minority group in Portugal (followed by other eastern european groups) and as such I don't think becoming a part of the EU will change the current migration trend. I think admission to the EU could boost their industrial/economical development but in terms or "europeaness" or of being considered European that's a no brainer: they were always (and are) europeans. The problem, like said above, is that people tend to associate Europe with Western Europe, mainly due to the role of the EU in foreign affairs.

In next 10 years EU will need by 30 mln. migrants.