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Why don't low birth-rate countries make immigration to their country easier? (fedia.io)

submitted 2 months ago by atro_city@fedia.io to c/showerthoughts@lemmy.world

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Wouldn't they benefit from more people? Of course it would come with the condition of learning the language at an acceptable level and that being tied to residency.

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[–] card797@champserver.net 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

You have to feed and house the people. The people currently living in those countries may have a shortage of housing already.

I think the "baby boom" from years past has shown that there are too many people around. It's too costly to raise their own kids. People are xenophobic and don't want many immigrants changing their cultures.

[–] bradorsomething@ttrpg.network 2 points 2 months ago

The issue becomes caring for the boom population and maintaining a stable economy at the same time. Immigration is a natural support to the pressure of worker shortages, and countries that don’t accept this will learn long, hard lessons in capitalism, and pay a premium for end of life care to compete with other jobs in demand that are much more desirable.