The post-World War II migration of Arabs to Europe began as many Arabs from former French colonies like Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Lebanon and Syria migrated permanently to France. Also other source of migration began with guest workers, particularly from Morocco, who arrived under the terms of a Labour Export Agreements between several European countries including Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Austria and France. Also other events in the Arab world send new immigration waives to Europe like the Palestinian exodus, the Lebanese Civil War, the first and second Iraq war and many other immigrated to Europe because of political persecusions in their native countries. Not on the last place many Arabs came to study in the European universities and decided to stay.
The predominant part of the Arabs in Europe are followers of Islam but there is also a sizable Arab Christian community living in Europe, 60% of Lebanon's and Egypt's immigrants were originally Christian.
