German election tomorrow

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LadyJasmine said:

Errorist76 said:

How many immigrants who didn't know English did your nation let in in its existence?! Your clearly xenophobic and full of prejudices.

Most immigrants that come into Canada these days come through the points-based system that values learning either English or French beforehand.

Also, many of the refugees brought into the nation were pre-selected by the government as well. 

Furthermore, I  have read a lot of German politicians have looked to the Canadian system in how to shape the German system...

Reality is the Germany refugee experiment in 2015 was a disaster that was only corrected afterward shifting the focusing on reducing the numbers to a manageable levels and to focus on national security issues. 

 

The success of a refugee policy system is based on in this order.

1: Security

2: Ability to provide assistance 

3. Compassion 

One thing people have to understand is that in 2015, the infrastructure to properly parse/block the large wave of migrants entering the EU simply did not exist. At the same time, Southern Europe, the port of entry for illegal immigration, was recovering from a bad financial crisis, and most definitely could not need hundreds of thousands of illegal migrants entering undercutting labour in the black market. By offering legal recognition, Merkel succsefully sucked all of these into Germany, which, while equally unable to parse all the individuals, at least had the funds temporarily keep them there, until the EU got its brureaucratic systems up to par.

 

Notice that, while officialy talking about the necessity of open welcome in Germany, Merkel has, in the back, very actively worked to reduce migrant flow to the EU, negotiating a deal with Erdogan to close off the Turkey route, helping Italy finance its efforts in the mediterranean, as well as semi-offical groups in Libya to crack down on migrant traffickers on the African coast.

 

New arrivals to Europe have now been reduced to a manageable level (ca. 200 000/year, down from 1.3 million, in 2015): http://migration.iom.int/europe/