Yigal Bin-Nun: Arab migration has been the best thing that’s happened to Europe

Arabs in Europe are a fact of life. It’s time we started to accept that there’s no way to block the migration of Chinese, Pakistanis or Arabs to Europe. They will continue to arrive there for the foreseeable future, and there’s no point in burying our heads in the sand.
Absorbing immigrants is never easy; it is accompanied by the traumas that are the lot of every immigrant. Newcomers are always exploited, humiliated and discriminated against. But after a while, the overwhelming majority is absorbed and become integral parts of the absorbing country’s population. It’s true, Europe won’t be what it once was, but that’s a good thing.
Immigrants may be discriminated against today, but who will stop Arabs, Indians and Chinese from being elected mayors, MPs or party leaders in Europe someday?