tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post6659370267567976552..comments2024-03-16T11:54:44.590+01:00Comments on Defence and Freedom: New poll in GermanyUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-6363846648605798162017-02-17T07:30:28.895+01:002017-02-17T07:30:28.895+01:00This is about me being influenced by history. West...This is about me being influenced by history. West Germany alone integrated millions of refugees in 1945-1960, especially in 1945, and paid them large compensations for what they lost at home. All this while West Germany's cities were rubble (in 1945), the industry was in ruins and much of the remnants getting dismantled. THAT was a major migration crisis challenge.<br /><br />The immigration wave of 2015 only adds small bulges into the fiscal spending and demographics.<br />2015's net immigration was merely twice the net immigration of before, and it's not a sustained phenomenon.<br />The burden of caring for the refugees was annoying and the whole thing could have been avoided or stopped earlier with some determined deterring policies, but as of now the migrant crisis of 2015 is pretty much solved, and not an ongoing challenge that requires new high big decisions.S Ohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03359796414832859686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-386077914312449748.post-18822528947229762882017-02-16T22:40:33.252+01:002017-02-16T22:40:33.252+01:00Three years ago, I might have agreed with you on t...Three years ago, I might have agreed with you on the matter of german challenges. Now with the so called refugee crisis, not considering immigration at least a serious challenge is quite the minority opinion, to put it mildly. Though it is a domestic issue first and a diplomatic one second, not a threat in the classic sense of the word.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com