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EU pledges €7.4 billion in aid to Egypt as it seeks to curb migration (www.france24.com)

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The European Union announced a €7.4 funding package and an upgraded relationship with Egypt on Sunday, part of a push to stem migrant flows to Europe criticised by rights groups.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (3 children)

Meanwhile the German economy needs a migration of an extra 400.000 working age people to maintain its workforce and not have the economy shrink because of lacking workers. The effect is even more severe for the health insurance and pension insurance as their costs grow while income shrinks from people retiring.

EDIT: The 400.000 extra immigrants need to be there every year. So 4.000.000 people over the next decade.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

Part of the issue is that Germany needs a lot of skilled workers, and the qualifications of immigrants from poorer countries are often not accepted. Of course, Germany has a hard time attracting skilled workers because the wages aren't that good and the immigration-related bureaucracy is a huge pain in the ass.

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