The process of European economic recovery and integration after WWII was accompanied by the recruitment of foreign workers from Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, the former Yugoslavia, Turkey, and the Maghreb region. Decades later, this migration has transformed nations and profoundly affected the social and political discourse. Immigration has simultaneously enriched host societies and caused xenophobic responses strengthening right-wing parties and those claiming an imminent demise of the French, German, or Dutch national cultures. The seminar will offer a comparison of immigrant experiences in these three European nations, focused on how history has shaped particular patterns of immigration to these nations as well as the policies designed to facilitate the integration of those new citizens.