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WHY ACCEPT REFUGEES

1. INCREASING THE GOVERNMENT'S POPULARITY


According to polls, a majority of Germans are confident that hosting 800,000
refugees in 2015 will not be a problem for Germany. Nearly 70% of Germans
think that immigrants make the country stronger - more than in any other
European country.
Merkel's decision helped her rather than hurt her in the polls.
As all opposing parties in Germany - Social Democrats, Greens and Left Party have much more positive stances on immigration than Merkel's Christian
Democrats

Perhaps most surprising is that the Willkommenskultur wasnt driven by


Germanys political leadership, but by the popular will. Though many
refugees now idolize Chancellor Angela Merkel, it was pressure from
ordinary Germans that led to her decision to accept the asylum seekers.

Improving germany's and merkel's reputation in the world


Germany's reputation suffered greatly in the Greek crisis, when Germans
were almost universally portrayed as domineering and cruel. On July 13,
Merkel/Schuble were said to have gambled away much of the goodwill and
trust that took decades to build up after WWII. However, the unaffected
warmth that millions of Germans showed in welcoming the refugees - which
nobody could have faked - forced the world to rethink their stereotypes and
Chancellor Merkel is jumping on this opportunity to salvage her own
international reputation as well.

For the Chancellor, this is also an opportunity in terms of European policy.


By taking a different position to most EU leaders, she has presented
herself as the champion of refugees on the continent. Angela Merkel's
decision to take the initiative will give her the upper hand in the coming
European negotiations.

Germany has suddenly become an image of openness, generosity and


solidarity, a total change from the egotistical and hard image the country
acquired during the Greek crisis.
what remains are the images of enthusiastic Germans welcoming refugees
in Munich, in contrast to Hungarian violence, French hesitation and British
hostility.
And this new, positive image of Germany may yet play an important role
in negotiations on other subjects, such as eurozone reform.
http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/why-angela-merkelso-generous-refugees-317460

2. MORAL AUTHORITY

Germany has presented itself to the world as an altruistic nation that


puts human rights ahead of national interest.
The outpouring marks a startling shift for a country more often associated
withSchadenfreude than benevolence. Germany has struggled for decades
to escape the shadow of the Nazi period, but some observers say the
response to the refugee crisis represents a seminal shift in Germans view of
their role in the world.
http://www.politico.eu/article/willkommen-germany-refugees-migration-takes-the-moralhigh-ground/

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

So these 800,000 migrants are a blessing for the German economy,


especially as 46% of German employers are currently having difficulty
recruiting.
OJO: LONG TERM SOLUTION
THE PEOPLE SPEAK!
GENERATIONS

One explination is generational change. Younger Germans reject the


traditional notion of German identity as being tied to blood. It was only in
2000 that Germany changed its laws to make it easier for non-ethnic
Germans to gain citizenship, a reform that met with much resistance.
Some thoughts on why the German people are so ready to take in refugees:
https://www.quora.com/Why-is-Germany-ready-to-take-so-many-refugees-and-asylumseekers/answer/Judith-Meyer?srid=uJlP&share=1

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

Being the country to which so many want to migrate should be a source of


pride, she says. She wants to keep Germany and Europe open, to welcome
legitimate asylum seekers in common humanity, while doing her very best
to stop abuse and keep the movement to manageable proportions.
http://foreignpolicy.com/2015/09/08/we-should-all-be-competing-to-takein-refugees-europe-syria/
Merkel repeated her call to distribute the refugees more equally across EU member
states as part of a common strategy, saying: "The whole system needs to be
redesigned." http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/09/05/us-europe-migrantsgermany-merkel-idUSKCN0R50L020150905

puts human rights ahead of national interest.

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