Europe-Middle East-Africa Refugee Crisis General Thread

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They are entitled to these privileges because they worked hard to establish these welfare systems, contrary to the millions who are now lining up at the border and want to enjoy these goodies too.

Or maybe they get these privileges because the weather is better: http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/vaop/ncurrent/full/nature15725.html

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Interesting comment by the head of Germany's Office for Migration. Initially wondered if this was some sort of satirical article.

"Das ist eine gute Bereicherung unserer Arbeitswelt und unserer Gesellschaft, dass da nicht überall ältere graue Herren durch die Gegend laufen und langsam mit dem Auto auf der Autobahn rumfahren, sondern das wird eine lebendige Gesellschaft."

"This will be a good addition to our labor force and society, that there won't be just be old grey men walking around and driving slowly on the autobahn, this will instead be a vibrant society."

http://www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article148175570/So-besonnen-relativiert-Weise-die-Fluechtlingskrise.html

I wonder if he knows who pays his salary. Probably greying, older men.

Hey, at least they're not obfuscating their goals any longer.

Isn't he right though? I have the impression that the very low birth rate in Germany and the need to resort to immigration in the near future have been discussed for years. This can be a win-win situation for both Germany and the migrants.

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Germany has one of the lowest birth rates in the world, so we're not talking about increasing the population here: stabilizing it would be good enough.

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Denmark was planning to take jewelry from refugees, in order to compensate for their benefits.
Among many comparisons with Jews and WWII, police said they will not be able to enforce this if it comes into law.

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The AfD president said that German police should shoot at refugees at the Germany-Austrian border.

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Around 20 000 people applied for asylum in Germany in March, down from 60 000 in February, 90 000 in January and 120 000 in December.

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So, do you think that crisis is over or is it only temporary relief ? The number of new arrivals has been quite low in the last months,  which gave enough time to Greece and others to evacuate the makeshift camps.