There have been various private and gov’t studies over the past year in Germany and they generally all come to three conclusions.
1. Syrians have a higher university ratio and craftsman certification situation than most other nationalities in this immigrant group. Assad, for all the bad things that you can drum up on the guy....had put government funding into university operations and crafts, and took advantage of Russian university offerings to send some of his folks off for better education. The general number is around 40-to-50 percent of Syrians have a skill or degree to offer and it’s just language issues that be a problem.
2. Refugees from north Africa (doesn’t matter what country you talk about)....in comparison with the Syrians....are dismal on craft skills, general education, and university background. One study concluded less than 3-percent had something to offer.
3. A lot of this goes back to the birth-rate problem in Germany and the likely nature that in twenty years, the present population of 81-million will slide to 65 to 68 million. So, as much as some want to say absolutely no...in some ways, they are forced into some type of reluctant immigration path to ensure manpower exists for German industry.
What good is craftsmanship and education if one lacks the right societal values and engages in acts antithetical to society?
Why not Southern Sudanese refugees, maybe more Ukranian ones, Tibetans, you know, people who don’t hate Western values?
How about Europe admits the persecuted Christians of the Muslim world?
Did Germany have trouble functioning with 65-68 million?
ISIS has infiltrated that group. I don’t give a damn how many ‘skills’ they have if one out of every 200 has to be followed by the FBI (for millions of dollars a year)... AND one out of every 600 wants to kill our children.
They need to be protected in safe zones in the ME ... they should NEVER be welcomed here under these circumstances.