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Seven out of 10 Europeans believe their country takes in too many immigrants

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Re: Seven out of 10 Europeans believe their country takes in too many immigrants

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Hoo boy, that is some sample size there: "10"

What are you talking about?

> These are some of the conclusions from a survey carried out online between March 27 and April 9 in the 27 member states, where 22,726 people over 15 years of age were interviewed, with a representative sample from each country. In addition to El PAÍS, the media organizations Gazeta Wyborcza, Internazionale, Ir, Kathimerini, Le Soir and Telex collaborated in the survey.

They even publish the data as well as a detailed presentation detailing number of respondents per country:

https://www.arte.tv/sites/corporate/de/umfrage-concerns-and-...

Re: Seven out of 10 Europeans believe their country takes in too many immigrants

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Hoo boy, that is some sample size there: "10"

What are you talking about? > These are some of the conclusions from a survey carried out online between March 27 and April 9 in the 27 member states, where 22,726 people over 15 years of age were interviewed, with a representative sample from each country. In addition to El PAÍS, the media organizations Gazeta Wyborcza, Internazionale, Ir, Kathimerini, Le Soir and Telex collaborated in the survey. They even publish…

It doesn't seem too representative, that equates to less than 1k per country. Also, the age range is quite small. Still worrisome. To be frank, given recent events and geopolitical tensions, people are divided on this matter.

Re: Seven out of 10 Europeans believe their country takes in too many immigrants

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European countries must choose between Americanisation (becoming a nation of immigrations) or Japanification (becoming an elderly nation with plateauing economics) because of the low birth rates & high life expectancy.

I see the UK/France going for the former option and Poland/Hungary going for the latter. Will be interesting to see how Germany and Sweden decide.

Re: Seven out of 10 Europeans believe their country takes in too many immigrants

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European countries must choose between Americanisation (becoming a nation of immigrations) or Japanification (becoming an elderly nation with plateauing economics) because of the low birth rates & high life expectancy. I see the UK/France going for the former option and Poland/Hungary going for the latter. Will be interesting to see how Germany and Sweden decide.

They could also do better to incentivize their own people to have families. It doesn't have to be one of two sides of the neoliberal dystopian coin.
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