Zeit Raum Youth workers against extremism and xenophobia | Page 2

Description of the TC
The European Union is not only a political Union but also it is a cradle of various universal
human values. Among them are Tolerance, Understanding and Multiculturalism, in other
words, the values that unite different and multicultural European societies. Meanwhile, recent
years Europe faced an enormous flow of refugees from Southern and Eastern borders. While
several countries mobilized resources to support and welcome people, who lost everything but
hope in their motherlands, EU residents witness also calls for extremist actions by marginalized
political powers.
In European nowadays reality we
see the polarization of the societies. As a result of active right-wing politicians' propaganda and
the Refugee crisis in European countries, more and more people become open for ideas of
Extremism and Xenophobia as a fast solution to all problems. Marginalized political powers use
refugees, migrants, and Muslims as the main target to blame for all economic and security
difficulties that Europeans have to face today. Those separations of "us" and "others" also lead
to the seclusion of refugees, migrants as well as religious and ethnic minorities, who feel not
welcomed by European societies. And this also provokes them to seclusion instead of
integration. This challenging tendency can lead to the confrontation between different
societies and can have unpredicted and heavy causalities in future.