These migrations can themselves stoke conflict.
Yet Mrs Merkel believes it is always better to keep talking than to stoke conflict.
Myths of white marginalisation tend to be dismissed as rightwing bigotry, but the danger is that they can exert a wider appeal and stoke conflict, particularly in troubled economic times.
Last week, the head of the country's national security agency issued a statement saying that the younger son of Mr. Bakiyev, Maksim Bakiyev, had hired Islamic radicals from the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, a group with ties to the Taliban, to infiltrate Uzbek neighborhoods and stoke conflict.
As Syria's ever-bloodier civil war continues to stoke conflict between Iraq's Sunni minority and its Shia-led government, Mr Maliki is facing increasing criticism at home and abroad for failing to prevent attacks.Mr Barzani, meanwhile, may hope that his visit wiped the cluttered slate clean and that he can return home with Mr Maliki reassured of his goodwill.
The attack could have even been deliberately designed to stoke conflict between Somalis and Kenyans in Nairobi, according to one expert.
Working in collaboration with security groups or being seen to "cooperate" with them can politicize health care provision and may stoke conflict rather than lessen it.
Having stoked conflict, raised tension to breaking point and threatened invasion, he made a magnanimous concession.
Isn't it enough for companies to protect their workers and show they aren't stoking conflict where it occurs?
Seeking to avoid any impression that he is stoking conflict at a low point in the party's history, Blair made the striking admission that Miliband was right to champion the cause of inequality and accepted that during his two-and-a-half terms as prime minister he paid the issue insufficient attention.
