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The US takes in about a million legal immigrants per year [1], the EU took in 1.6 million immigrants from non EU countries in 2014 [2]. The US has a population

The US takes in about a million legal immigrants per year [1], the EU took in 1.6 million immigrants from non EU countries in 2014 [2]. The US has a population of 320 million, and the EU has 508 million. So the immigration is about the same per capita. So I think it should be possible to deal with that. [1] https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2015/table1 https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2015/tab... [2[ http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Migration_and_migrant_population_statistics#Migration_flows http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/...

muninn_ 10y ago
Where did those immigrants come from? What is their socio-economic background? Are they refugees, or perhaps tech workers? What about those coming to Europe?
- ZenSwordArts 10y ago
  Perfect questions.. and also Europe consists of many countries.. Are the immigrants evenly distributed between them? I doubt it.
  - walterstucco 10y ago
    define evenly.
  - majewsky 10y ago
    > Are the immigrants evenly distributed between them? No. There was a hot debate about this in 2015, with countries that take more refugees than average [1] arguing for quotas that would implement a more even distribution. I distinctly remember that a compromise was made, and in the end, some 50 refugees were actually relocated to a different EU country. [1] Relative to population size.
planck01 10y ago
Immigration (actually refugees) went up massively in 2015 and 2016 because of what happened in syria.