@andersostlund @anneapplebaum And considering the already horrid unemployment in Europe, it's insane to talk about taking on more people.
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Replying to @Ayei_Eloheichem
@Ayei_Eloheichem The unemployment argument doesn't impress me. More people in working age generate more jobs, not less.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes -
Replying to @andersostlund
@andersostlund Youth unemployment in many European countries is between 20 and 50%. Higher in some. Regular unemployment not much better.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Ayei_Eloheichem
@andersostlund It's not a population problem, it's an economic policy problem.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Ayei_Eloheichem
@Ayei_Eloheichem Exactly. It is the economic policy problem so let's not say refugees add to that problem.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @andersostlund
@andersostlund Look, I'm on board that the Syrian refugees need to be cared for. But they make up less than half of the asylum seekers.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Ayei_Eloheichem
@andersostlund And to bring these people into welfare states is only going to destroy those states further.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Ayei_Eloheichem
@andersostlund And cultural issues are a big deal, much though they're played down or painted as "racist."1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Ayei_Eloheichem
@andersostlund To dismiss either economic, cultural, or security concerns isn't "beside the point." These are not just "far-right" concerns.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @Ayei_Eloheichem
@andersostlund The far-right needs to be prevented from taking power, but centrists need to recognize Islamic radicalism as a real threat.1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
@Ayei_Eloheichem Good point. I consider myself centrist and I don't like any radicals - Islamists, far-right or leftists.
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