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Japan has eschewed immigration in favor of population decline. It'll be interesting seeing how this plays out compared to how the rest of the world is handling

• bluthru 9y ago
  >Up to three quarters of Germany’s refugees will still be unemployed in five years’ time, according to a government minister, in a stark admission of the challenges the country faces in integrating its huge migrant population. >Aydan Özoğuz, commissioner for immigration, refugees and integration, told the Financial Times that only a quarter to a third of the newcomers would enter the labour market over the next five years, and “for many others we will need up to 10”. https://www.ft.com/content/022de0a4-54f4-11e7-9fed-c19e2700005f?mhq5j=e3 https://www.ft.com/content/022de0a4-54f4-11e7-9fed-c19e27000...
• mistermann 9y ago
  Or skyrocketing housing prices and disappearing tax base from Chinese immigrants.