Let's talk about somebody else's problems for a minute. Look at these numbers:https://twitter.com/pewglobal/status/760637580857774080 …
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Germany took a million last year, on track for 4-500,000 this year. Per these numbers, that 1.5 million includes about 650,000 extra men.
If a lot of these men ultimately bring in spouses, the overall influx -- again, in just 2 years -- could be closer to 2 million than 1.5.
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Germany's under-35 population isn't that large. It already includes many recent migrants and their kids. There's a birthrate differential.
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If Germany continues to accept migrants at this year's pace (forget last year's), it may be a completely transformed country in 25 years.
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This is Germany's deal w/devil to get past plummeting native birth rate while maintaining labor force, social welfare programs.
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Right. They'll get the population ratio that economists want. They won't be Japan. But what they will be ...
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@arisroussinos Sweden and Germany slammed in the brakes on family reunification for a reasonThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. Undo -
Send. Them. Back.
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The 1 million figure is mythical, according to official statistics Germant received 476,510 first time asylum claims in 2015
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Many won't be granted asylum and should therefore leave at some point (question is how many will, Germany bad at deportation)
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they have to go back!
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