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Right now Germany hugely profits from immigration out of other European and overseas countries, bringing in more than 400.000 (net) immigrants in 2013 alone. Th
by ThePhysicist 12y ago
Right now Germany hugely profits from immigration out of other European and overseas countries, bringing in more than 400.000 (net) immigrants in 2013 alone. The figure for 2014 will likely be even higher. If they can keep up this trend it will be able to compensate (to a large degree) the decline of the population caused by low birth rates. In fact, the 2008 demography report of the government (which brought the demographic issue to a large public awareness for the first time) (http://www.bmi.bund.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Verfassung/Demografie/Demografiebericht/demografiebericht_node.html http://www.bmi.bund.de/DE/Themen/Gesellschaft-Verfassung/Dem...) calculated with a net immigration rate of 300.000 people in the most optimistic case, so bringing in 400.000 people per year is really better than anyone could hope. Of course some people will again complain that foreigner will "steal their jobs", but the truth is that they might actually do great service to the country, even if their rate of unemployment should be higher than that of native Germans.
- thejdude 12y agoUsually, immigration is good for the economy and for everyone who lives there. Germany is pretty cheap country to live in (food is probably the best and cheapest in Europe to come by, but salaries also are rather low, esp. compared to the US), IMHO probably due to the many immigrants. We also need more qualified workers, as everyday I see German dumbos who are seriously unqualified for their job ;-) But yes, if the day should come that German dumbos should be replaced with skilled people from Spain, Turkey, or Greece, many people might end up very pissed. Edit: if you vote me down, maybe you'd like to elaborate on where our opinions or observations differ?