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2. MORAL AUTHORITY
Even as she preached tolerance, she reminded Europe that it also needed to
do more to deal with the crisis. Merkel said Europes rules governing
asylum under the so-called Dublin treaty, which require refugees to apply
in the first EU country they enter, clearly arent working
http://www.politico.eu/article/merkel-warns-schengen-at-risk-germany-refugeesmigration-quotas-travel/
3. ECONOMIC GAIN
The refugees who made it all the way to Germany, rather than getting stuck
in the huge camps in Syria's neighbouring countries, are the most educated
and most affluent of this wave. Most of them had money to pay for their
transport and the language skills and smarts to get by abroad.
Germany's population is rapidly aging. We will lack 1.8 million workers by
2020 and the pension system is in danger of collapsing. In light of this,
Germany can be glad to receive an influx of so many young, motivated and
well-educated taxpayers. Likewise, the French newspaper Le Figaro is right to
lament the fact that these refugees don't want to come to France.
Solve skills shortage
Berlin estimates its working age population will shrink by 6 million people by
2030 as the number of deaths outstrips births, making it hard to keep the
economy growing.
"If we manage to quickly train those that come to us and to get them into
work, then we will solve one of our biggest problems for the economic future
of our country: the skills shortage," Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel told
parliament on Thursday.
Matching skills gaps with newcomers while keeping the population on side will
be a challenge for the government, but many businesses have already woken
up to the potential of the estimated 800,000 people expected this year.
"We need workers if we want to maintain Germany's economic strength," he
said.
http://www.businessinsider.com/r-in-ageing-germany-refugees-seen-astomorrows-skilled-workers-2015-9?IR=T
almost half the German population has heard their parents or grandparents tell
the story of leaving everything behind and moving to a strange new place
Immigration is a success story in the big cities of the West and there is broad
consensus that immigrants are beneficial to society.
The CEO of Daimler, one of the biggest industrial employers in Germany, just
said they want to specially target refugees for employment: "Most refugees are
young, well educated & highly motivated - just the sort of people we are looking
for"
And as Merkel and others have pointed out: it is quite amazing and something to
be proud of, given history, that Germany has become a country that all are vying
to emigrate to. A more popular destination than e. g. Italy, Austria, France or the
UK. Germany is enjoying this change: before, during the Greek crisis and actually
for most of the past 70 years, Germany was the bogeyman. Now it's a
beacon of light.
Angela Merkel allowed herself to be swept along with the tide of public
opinion, and proved that she is in touch with the people.
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/why-angela-merkel-so-generousrefugees-317460
http://www.politico.eu/article/willkommen-germany-refugees-migration-takes-the-moralhigh-ground/
The extraordinary journeys they undertake to flee conflict and insecurity show
that theyre motivated, enterprising, and able-bodied. They want to work and
support their families they just prefer to do it somewhere safe