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How easy is it to immigrate to Iceland these days? You would think such a tight gene pool, enough so that you can reconstruct a past newcomer, would want some

How easy is it to immigrate to Iceland these days? You would think such a tight gene pool, enough so that you can reconstruct a past newcomer, would want some refreshers now and then.

wavegeek 9y ago
Hybrid vigor is much overstated. It only has value in cases of extreme inbreeding, such as where first cousin marriage is common or the society is very small.
- hrc_imwithher 9y ago
  The report Ethnic Origin and Disability Data Collection in Europe: Measuring Inequality—Combating Discrimination is published within the framework of the Equality Data Initiative, a project launched by the Open Society Foundations in collaboration with the Migration Policy Group and the European Network Against Racism to increase awareness within the European Union for the need to collect reliable data for groups at risk of discrimination. The report challenges the commonly held view in Europe that the collection of disability and ethnic data is categorically prohibited. It voices the necessity to involve the affected communities in the process of defining best practices and to respect binding core principles of data collection such as self-identification of the data subject and consent-based, voluntary, and anonymized data collection.
avar 9y ago
If you're one of the half a billion people in the European Economic Area it's really easy. It's part of the same freedom of movement program as EU countries. Outside of that easy if you're highly educated and have a job waiting for you, pretty much impossible otherwise.
- SideburnsOfDoom 9y ago
  Iceland is an isolated small country with a low level of immigrants and it's own language and culture. It seemed to me rather insular and self-reliant. It's a wild, rugged country. I expect that the real barriers will be language and cultural - i.e. how to integrate, not just make a living. It's probably easiest if you come from a Scandinavian country. The other barriers are the the high prices and the arctic winters.
  - avar 9y ago
    10.6% of Iceland's population consists of first-generation immigrants, first and second generation make up 12% of the population. By comparison the US population is 14.4% first-generation immigrant. How is that a low level of immigrants? It's every 10th person on the island.
    - nerdponx 9y ago
      They also seem to have plenty of migrant workers from continental Europe now that tourism is booming.
  - salvar 9y ago
    Are you Icelandic? Some of this seems misinformed and based on hearsay rather than fact. Around 10% of the Icelandic population are immigrants, which hardly qualifies as a low level. You could easily call it "wild, rugged" if you live in the highlands, but where most people live there's no stronger feeling of ruggedness than in any other northern European city or town. High prices are a barrier, I'll give you that, but the winters are milder than you'd think (we can thank the Gulf Stream for that). The language is definitely a barrier, but culturally I wouldn't say it's a big hurdle.
    - coldtea 9y ago
      >Around 10% of the Icelandic population are immigrants, which hardly qualifies as a low level. What percentage is first generation low-skilled laborers outside of mainstream Icelandic society, or integrated immigrant citizens in all walks of life? There's a big difference between the two.
      - avar 9y ago
        I'll bite, what's the big difference? Are you asking whether Iceland's foreign-born population is mainly seasonal workers? No, they're not. There's been a consistent increase in immigration since the mid-90s when Iceland joined the EU's free movement program. This pattern continued even though the 2008 crash (accelerated if anything). Iceland's the 6th richest country in the EEA by GDP PPP. There's a general trend in the EEA of people moving from east to west for better pastures, Iceland's biggest foreign-born population is Poland, followed by Lithuania. 1. https://hagstofa.is/utgafur/frettasafn/mannfjoldi/innflytjendur-1-januar-2016/ https://hagstofa.is/utgafur/frettasafn/mannfjoldi/innflytjen...
NelsonMinar 9y ago
Over 10% of Iceland's population is now foreign-born: http://archive.is/pTe5O http://archive.is/pTe5O You should reconsider your embrace of eugenics, btw.

How easy is it to immigrate to Iceland these days? You would think such a tight gene pool, enough so that you can reconstruct a past newcomer, would want some refreshers now and then.

wavegeek 9y ago

Hybrid vigor is much overstated. It only has value in cases of extreme inbreeding, such as where first cousin marriage is common or the society is very small.

hrc_imwithher 9y ago
The report Ethnic Origin and Disability Data Collection in Europe: Measuring Inequality—Combating Discrimination is published within the framework of the Equality Data Initiative, a project launched by the Open Society Foundations in collaboration with the Migration Policy Group and the European Network Against Racism to increase awareness within the European Union for the need to collect reliable data for groups at risk of discrimination. The report challenges the commonly held view in Europe that the collection of disability and ethnic data is categorically prohibited. It voices the necessity to involve the affected communities in the process of defining best practices and to respect binding core principles of data collection such as self-identification of the data subject and consent-based, voluntary, and anonymized data collection.

avar 9y ago

If you're one of the half a billion people in the European Economic Area it's really easy. It's part of the same freedom of movement program as EU countries. Outside of that easy if you're highly educated and have a job waiting for you, pretty much impossible otherwise.

SideburnsOfDoom 9y ago
Iceland is an isolated small country with a low level of immigrants and it's own language and culture. It seemed to me rather insular and self-reliant. It's a wild, rugged country. I expect that the real barriers will be language and cultural - i.e. how to integrate, not just make a living. It's probably easiest if you come from a Scandinavian country. The other barriers are the the high prices and the arctic winters.
- avar 9y ago
  10.6% of Iceland's population consists of first-generation immigrants, first and second generation make up 12% of the population. By comparison the US population is 14.4% first-generation immigrant. How is that a low level of immigrants? It's every 10th person on the island.
  - nerdponx 9y ago
    They also seem to have plenty of migrant workers from continental Europe now that tourism is booming.
- salvar 9y ago
  Are you Icelandic? Some of this seems misinformed and based on hearsay rather than fact. Around 10% of the Icelandic population are immigrants, which hardly qualifies as a low level. You could easily call it "wild, rugged" if you live in the highlands, but where most people live there's no stronger feeling of ruggedness than in any other northern European city or town. High prices are a barrier, I'll give you that, but the winters are milder than you'd think (we can thank the Gulf Stream for that). The language is definitely a barrier, but culturally I wouldn't say it's a big hurdle.
  - coldtea 9y ago
    >Around 10% of the Icelandic population are immigrants, which hardly qualifies as a low level. What percentage is first generation low-skilled laborers outside of mainstream Icelandic society, or integrated immigrant citizens in all walks of life? There's a big difference between the two.
    - avar 9y ago
      I'll bite, what's the big difference? Are you asking whether Iceland's foreign-born population is mainly seasonal workers? No, they're not. There's been a consistent increase in immigration since the mid-90s when Iceland joined the EU's free movement program. This pattern continued even though the 2008 crash (accelerated if anything). Iceland's the 6th richest country in the EEA by GDP PPP. There's a general trend in the EEA of people moving from east to west for better pastures, Iceland's biggest foreign-born population is Poland, followed by Lithuania. 1. https://hagstofa.is/utgafur/frettasafn/mannfjoldi/innflytjendur-1-januar-2016/ https://hagstofa.is/utgafur/frettasafn/mannfjoldi/innflytjen...

NelsonMinar 9y ago

Over 10% of Iceland's population is now foreign-born: http://archive.is/pTe5O http://archive.is/pTe5O You should reconsider your embrace of eugenics, btw.