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Easily disproven statement by looking at real stats [1], where most western european countries are ahead of the US. If you're suggesting those immigrants are no

Easily disproven statement by looking at real stats [1], where most western european countries are ahead of the US. If you're suggesting those immigrants are not "poor", consider the Syrian crisis, Germany and Sweden were by far the largest takers of syrian refugees in the west, while the US hardly took any syrians at all. In fact, I read somewhere that Sweden in 2015 was the largest taker of refugees per capita from non-neighboring countries EVER. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_net_migration_rate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_net_migra...

at-fates-hands 8y ago
Which has led to massive issues within Sweden. An extraordinary 190,000 refugees are now expected to arrive in Sweden this year - double what the agency expected at the start of the year, and more people than live in Uppsala, the country's fourth largest city. If the predictions are correct, Sweden will take 20,000 asylum applications per million people in 2015, double the rate even of Germany. The strain is beginning to show everywhere from politics - where the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats are, according to two of the country's eight main polls, now the party with the most support - to finance, where both the central government and municipalities are struggling to find savings to cover the costs. https://www.dw.com/en/sweden-hits-refugee-crisis-zero-hour/a-18863702 https://www.dw.com/en/sweden-hits-refugee-crisis-zero-hour/a...
sol_remmy2 8y ago
If you look at immigration rates over the past 50 years, the US comes far far ahead. The US look a majority of its immigrants in the 90s and early 2000s, while Sweden took near-zero immigrants until 10 years ago. Additionally, many Western European 'immigrants' are actually just people moving between different Western European countries.
- tziki 8y ago
  You're so far off it's not even funny.
  - sol_remmy2 8y ago
    Sorry mate, do your research next time
panzagl 8y ago
That link shows that the US took in twice as many immigrants as the entire EU. Per capita doesn't mean much at this scale- the 5 million the US took the year before don't magically become middle class taxpayers just because a year has passed.
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at-fates-hands 8y ago

Which has led to massive issues within Sweden. An extraordinary 190,000 refugees are now expected to arrive in Sweden this year - double what the agency expected at the start of the year, and more people than live in Uppsala, the country's fourth largest city. If the predictions are correct, Sweden will take 20,000 asylum applications per million people in 2015, double the rate even of Germany. The strain is beginning to show everywhere from politics - where the anti-immigrant Sweden Democrats are, according to two of the country's eight main polls, now the party with the most support - to finance, where both the central government and municipalities are struggling to find savings to cover the costs. https://www.dw.com/en/sweden-hits-refugee-crisis-zero-hour/a-18863702 https://www.dw.com/en/sweden-hits-refugee-crisis-zero-hour/a...

sol_remmy2 8y ago

If you look at immigration rates over the past 50 years, the US comes far far ahead. The US look a majority of its immigrants in the 90s and early 2000s, while Sweden took near-zero immigrants until 10 years ago. Additionally, many Western European 'immigrants' are actually just people moving between different Western European countries.

tziki 8y ago
You're so far off it's not even funny.
- sol_remmy2 8y ago
  Sorry mate, do your research next time

panzagl 8y ago

That link shows that the US took in twice as many immigrants as the entire EU. Per capita doesn't mean much at this scale- the 5 million the US took the year before don't magically become middle class taxpayers just because a year has passed.

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