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Seven out of 10 Europeans believe their country takes in too many immigrants (english.elpais.com)

submitted 6 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Europeans view immigration with increasing suspicion. Seven out of 10 Europeans believe that their country takes in too many migrants, according to a survey carried out by BVA Xsight for ARTE Europe Weekly, a project led by the French-German TV channel ARTE GEIE and which EL PAÍS has participated in, as part of the countdown to the European elections in June.

The survey shows that 85% of respondents feel the European Union needs to take more action to combat irregular migration. And only 39% believe that Europe needs immigration today.

The countries where most people consider immigration a problem are Bulgaria (74% of respondents), the Czech Republic (73%), Hungary and Cyprus (68% in both cases). Paradoxically, in Italy, the European country where the largest number of immigrants entered irregularly last year (157,652), only 44% of respondents viewed it as a problem and only 14% saw it as the main problem. In Greece and Spain, the second and third countries with the most irregular arrivals in 2023, respectively, only 11% of respondents considered it the issue of most concern to them, below the European average of 17%. However, Greece is the country where the most people (90%) believe their country takes in too many migrants.

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[–] [email protected] 24 points 6 months ago (4 children)

Immigration is a good thing.

On average, the more people contributing to an economy bolsters it.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 months ago (3 children)

There are more things to a stable and sustainable society than economy.

With many European countries doing budget cuts to education, social security, healthcare etc many people are dissatisfied with their goverments. This can make it very hard to justify spending said budget on migrants or programs with aim to integrating migrants to the society.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago

But the budget cuts is so that they can reduce the taxes for the richest, which will trickle down and boost the economy even more! Let's goooooo....

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

It's just that the austerity cuts on basic living necessities create more instability, for native-born and new members of a society. But that's probably the purpose, masses are easier to control when they struggle and are helpless

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago

All those countries also suffer from a huge demographic catastrophe coming in. Unless they get a massive amount of young immigrant workers to stabilise the social systems, those systems will collapse alltogether.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Who are you writing this for? Pretty obviously Lemmy agrees with this

[–] [email protected] -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Who are you writing this for?

Right back at ya.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 months ago

Mine is clearly a meta comment addressed to the commenter I replied to. A critique.

Their comment is a broad statement directed at the group en masse. That's pretty clear.

[+] [email protected] -6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

This is just bullshit. I'm sorry but it isn't true. The blanket statement for immigration being good is wrong.

Immigration can be good and it can be bad.

The problem is immigration is used as a huge catch all term. It's hardly ever "immigration from the EU" "Highly educated immigration".

If you look at the data, not just throwing out what makes you feel good, the actual data shows a lot of immigration is bad. Both the UK and Denmark has shown this recently.

The fact is we have been lied to over this. The government doesn't want to raise taxes to invest in locals and they want to keep wages down and house prices high. Immigration has net been a negative for the individual.

People wonder why so many are going to the far right. It's because the left and centre are trying to gaslight us into thinking something is true when it isn't.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

My wife is an immigrant, pretty sure I can demonstrate multiple different ways how me (an individual) have received a net positive in my life because of her. Starting with big things like our children and ending with little things like how she helped me clean the house today.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 6 months ago

Well decision aren't made on an individual basis.

The stats say that it costs the company money and the Danish data also says they commit way more crime. I'm sure victims of violent crime can mention multiple ways they have had net negatives from immigration.