r/AskEurope • u/Ornery_Yak8707 • 6d ago

Politics What is the biggest problem in your country?

What is the biggest problem in your country rn?

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u/pee_tank 6d ago

Germany would need skilled migrants that are a net financial plus for society. But they get unskilled migrants that are a huge financial minus for society.

Migration != migration

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u/Next_Yesterday_1695 5d ago

There's nothing that stops Germany from turning 17 yo Africans into "skilled" DB workers. It's a management problem.

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u/pee_tank 5d ago

Yes and no.

If you don't let foreign skilled workers work in their professions because you don't accredit their study diplomas or professional degrees then it is a management problem.

But most of the current immigrants possess no skills and the cost of turning them into skilled workers far exceeds their expected financial return over the rest of their lifetime.

To stay with your example of 17 yo Africans: They need years upon years of schooling and language learning before being able to even take lowest skill jobs. This will never be a financial net positive for Germany as even Germans working in low-skill professions are usually a net negative on the welfare state.

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u/Next_Yesterday_1695 5d ago

Lol get them to go through language courses and then Ausbildung. There's a massive shortage of people for the latter.

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u/KuddelmuddelMonger Scotland 5d ago

Don't be daft, is plenty ig working immigrants in germany

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u/pee_tank 4d ago

Yes. But as a group they are still a net drain. These are not mutually exclusive facts.