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Sure, except immigrants under work visas are not entitled to any welfare such as unemployment/medical - in fact we lose our status as legal immigrants as soon a
by zaptheimpaler 9y ago
Sure, except immigrants under work visas are not entitled to any welfare such as unemployment/medical - in fact we lose our status as legal immigrants as soon as we become unemployed so we must leave the country. Keep the hate flowing though.
I don't have any objections to a country looking out for its own interest, resisting illegal immigration or immigrants that otherwise cannot contribute much to the economy, but they are not the only ones the government is cracking down on.
- PeachPlum 9y ago> the recent wave of xenophobia worldwide your welfare state is not the world model e.g. Germany Sees Welfare Benefit Costs More Than Double Asylum seekers received nearly $5.91 billion in welfare benefits in 2015 https://www.wsj.com/articles/germanys-welfare-bill-rises-169-as-refugee-numbers-grow-1473077920 https://www.wsj.com/articles/germanys-welfare-bill-rises-169... and your assessment of employment rates among legal immigrants in Europe is simply not borne out by the statistics https://www.economist.com/news/finance-economics/21709511-too-few-refugees-not-too-many-are-working-europe-refugees-sweden-are https://www.economist.com/news/finance-economics/21709511-to...
- zaptheimpaler 9y agoIf you read my comment, I was talking about restrictions on WORK visas in the US, not refugees in Europe.