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If Europe has such a better quality of life than the US then why are the immigration stats so skewed in the US’s favor? About 3x as many Europeans immigrate to

by wil421 7y ago

If Europe has such a better quality of life than the US then why are the immigration stats so skewed in the US’s favor? About 3x as many Europeans immigrate to the US than the other way around.[1] These numbers only look at Western Europe, if you added the whole continent it would be a much larger gap. It would be 2 million more if you add Eastern Europe. [1]https://mises.org/wire/3-times-many-europeans-move-us-other-way-around https://mises.org/wire/3-times-many-europeans-move-us-other-...

TheCoelacanth 7y ago
1. Western Europeans mostly speak the language in the US, so they have an easy time living there, while most Americans only speak English so would have a harder time living in most of Europe. 2. The US is great for people in upper income brackets who can actually manage to migrate, not so much for the lower income people who can't.
JAlexoid 7y ago
I'd facepalm, but I'm afraid that the force of my facepalm would open a wormhole to another dimension. Have you read the ignorant article? I suggest that you check the quality of life of the top contributors to the migration from Western Europe in the 90ies. You'll notice that Ireland was a very poor country up until the Celtic Tiger era, and there was an active guerilla warfare happening. If you want a little bit of actual recent data - https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/lpr_population_estimates_january_2015.pdf https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/lpr_pop... The number of permanent residents from EU: United Kingdom 280k (50k of them recent immigrants) Germany 170k (20k of recent immigrants) Poland 130k (30k of them are recent immigrants) Others are less than 100k. Recent immigrants are people that have an LPR and aren't eligible to be naturalized yet - less than 3 or 5 years residing in US.
pbreit 7y ago
More immigration-friendly and better marketing.

by wil421 7y ago

TheCoelacanth 7y ago

1. Western Europeans mostly speak the language in the US, so they have an easy time living there, while most Americans only speak English so would have a harder time living in most of Europe. 2. The US is great for people in upper income brackets who can actually manage to migrate, not so much for the lower income people who can't.

JAlexoid 7y ago

I'd facepalm, but I'm afraid that the force of my facepalm would open a wormhole to another dimension. Have you read the ignorant article? I suggest that you check the quality of life of the top contributors to the migration from Western Europe in the 90ies. You'll notice that Ireland was a very poor country up until the Celtic Tiger era, and there was an active guerilla warfare happening. If you want a little bit of actual recent data - https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/lpr_population_estimates_january_2015.pdf https://www.dhs.gov/sites/default/files/publications/lpr_pop... The number of permanent residents from EU: United Kingdom 280k (50k of them recent immigrants) Germany 170k (20k of recent immigrants) Poland 130k (30k of them are recent immigrants) Others are less than 100k. Recent immigrants are people that have an LPR and aren't eligible to be naturalized yet - less than 3 or 5 years residing in US.

pbreit 7y ago

More immigration-friendly and better marketing.