“Wir schaffen das!” — “We can do this” — was former Chancellor Angela Merkel’s claim in 2015, when she opened wide the doors to more than a million Muslim immigrants that year. In other words, “we can integrate these people, we can make them part of our society.” One more bit of evidence that Merkel was woefully wrong in her cheery optimism: it turns out that instead of those Muslim migrants becoming productive citizens contributing to the country’s economy, many of them instead have remained recipients of welfare benefits of all kinds for years beyond what Merkel anticipated. They receive free or greatly subsidized housing, free medical care, free education (or vocational training), family allowances, unemployment benefits (even without an employment record in Germany) and more. It has now come to light that migrants now receive two-thirds of the unemployment benefits paid out by the state. More on this disturbing statistic can be found here: “Two-thirds of unemployment benefit recipients in Germany are migrants as cost to taxpayer skyrockets by 122% since 2010,” by Thomas Brooke, Remix News, May 21, 2024:
Nearly two-thirds of German residents receiving unemployment benefits have a migration background, new figures from the Federal Employment Agency have revealed.
The statistics published by the federal agency and cited by the Die Welt broadsheet showed that 63.1 percent of those in receipt of the so-called citizen’s income, or “Bürgergeld,” are of migrant origin, and “most do not have a German passport.”
The German newspaper explained that while employment figures are increasing year-over-year, “because the Federal Republic has long allowed very high immigration of low-skilled people, the number of migrants who are unemployed and receiving social benefits is also increasing.”…
Why did the German government allow in the low-skilled and uneducated migrants, who were almost certain to fail in an advanced economy like that of Germany? These are the people least likely to be hired, most likely to be fired, and consequently those most likely to be unemployed. The Federal Republic could have required would-be immigrants to have attained a certain educational level, or proof of vocational training in certain skills needed in the German economy, but instead the government let in, without distinction, anyone able to make it across the German border.
In 2013, the percentage of the German population with a migration background was 20 percent, with 43 percent of benefit recipients being migrants. Today, 29 percent of the German population are foreign-born and 63 percent of unemployment benefits are handed to migrants….
The foreign-born population in Germany inexorably rises: from 20% in 2013 to 29% today, or a 50% rise in little more than a decade. And there is a concomitant rise in the percentage of benefit recipients who are foreign-born, from 43% in 2013 to 63%— nearly two-thirds — today.
The number of German recipients of welfare benefits has been halved since 2010. The Germans are famously hard-working, unafraid to retrain where necessary in new fields, like solar energy and the production of electric vehicles, so as to possess the skills necessary in a rapidly changing economy. But the largely unskilled foreign nationals seem stuck in a rut of their own making. They are happy to pocket the generous welfare benefits provided by the state, which only decreases their motivation to work. During the same 15-year-period when German unemployment has halved, the number of foreign nationals receiving welfare payments has doubled. Clearly, the Germans have been admitting the wrong kind of immigrants.
Instead of admitting immigrants without distinction, René Springer of the anti-mass migration party AfD says that the government needs to change its immigration policy, to admit only the educated and the highly skilled, who can at once become productive members of the society. The guiding principle, he suggests, is to make sure that the government’s immigration policy does not allow in those who will at once be recipients of the cornucopia of welfare benefits that the generous German state provides. He also suggests that the guaranteed income known as “Burgergeld” should be abolished, as it acts merely as a “magnet” for more immigrants to choose to come to Germany.
The German immigration policy should also take into account those who, experience shows, have the most difficulty in integrating into Germany society. Muslims by and large do not integrate into Western societies; they regard the indigenous Germans as Infidels who, as the Qur’an instructs, are “the most vile of created beings.” How can they, the Muslims who know that they are the “best of peoples,” possibly want to live according to laws and rules set down by such people? They pocket every welfare benefit they can, unashamedly, for they regard those benefits from the German state as a kind of proleptic jizyah.
Here is how Germany might reform its immigration laws:
First, it could insist that immigrants have at least a high-school education, and proof of a marketable skill, such as is needed in electrical work, plumbing, construction.
Second, it could make immigrants ineligible to receive the“Burgergeld.”
Third, it could restrict access to welfare benefits, by prohibiting immigrants from receiving them during the first five years of their residence in Germany.
Fourth, the state should end the policy of family reunification, that has allowed Muslims in particular to bring in their large extended families. No “anchor” immigrants will be allowed to bring in, after they have been admitted, dozens of people who are claimed to be family relatives.
Fifth, quickly deport back to their countries of origin any migrants convicted of a crime, after they have served their sentences. If the sentence is a short one, less than three years, don’t even bother to imprison them; just deport them. That will be punishment enough.
That’s what I would call a good start.
PRCS says
Bringing in a low/unskilled foreign workforce to perform tasks a better educated native population won’t do for the pay offered, and to pay taxes into a nation’s social serives programs, is not the issue for those non-Muslim nations who properly vet them berore arrival.
Bringing in a workforce whose members bring with them a belief that is both antitheticall to and hostile to the host country is.
Jerry Nadler and Nancy Pelosi let the cat out of the bag with their assertions that U.S. “asylum seekers” should be picking crops.
They weren’t saying Muslim should be laboring in the fields, of course.
FYI says
The muslims think they have won but there are other factors.
Like the EU/NATO appears to be preparing for a war with Russia but you are not supposed to know that.The endless sport on TV is distract you.
The EU which is turning into the EUSSR{EU of soviet like socialist style republics}will be in the middle of that.But never mind.Enjoy the illusion of peace.I believe it is a bit like 1914.These muslim hordes are likely to be in the conflict.The UK is talking about national service..conscription…recruitment ads on TV…
Westman says
You are right, FYI.
Few people have looked away from the Circus to see the presipice of war upon us and the media are complicit with untruthful governments who think the conditions of the 1990s still prevail. They keep telling us that Russia is losing when unofficial reports show otherwise and there is pleading for more weapons and money which vanishes. The mature youth of Ukraine have been spent in a failed attempt to weaken Russia and the war has created a Russia-China alliance. The value of NATO is in question, leading to Macron’s chest thumping and other dangerous ideas.
EU/NATO is probing for the trip wire and none are prepared if it clicks. They are expecting the bodyguard(the US) to step in if a hot war is triggered. However, the EU and UK are closer targets.
WPM says
Importing a whole parasitic violent cult following people(mostly Moslem) what could possible go wrong what is the end game of this? This grand experiment that every cultural is good and equal ,and everyone that gets a taste of western freedom and will respect the native population and embrace the western way of life has gone way off the rails. Why is almost every western leader doubling down on stupid cultural suicide by uncheck emigration and lawless behavior of “these” newcomers” these cultural enrichers ? It seems most western leaders do not just not respect the natives who built their country ,pay their taxes ,who mostly obey their laws ,that seem to hate them want to replace them with what a population that is violent, parasitic and ungovernable except by strong men dictators ?
Nabil Bissada says
Miss Angela Merkel, she did not only destroy Germany. But all Europe by accepting migrant’s majority of them are Muslim terrorists.
The Muslims terrorist migrants their target according to the Koran and the sharia law is invaded and to Islamize Europe.
Miss Angela Merkel said Islam is ‘not the source of terrorism’. Until majorities of Muslims special the scholars are sure 100% that Islam is the source of terrorism.
Muhammed the prophet of Islam his life was based. On terrorism and sex.
ISIS, El Qaeda, Hamas, Boco Haram represent the true of Islam.
Deus Vult 60 says
Mo the self proclaimed prophet was a filthy pervert that forced himself on a 6 year old little girl and others he created the ‘Lads Club’ later called Islam.
Hoi Polloi says
Politicians and the msm were wrong? Was it that these non-assimilators aren’t actually all engineers and doctors? Not that there were any records checked. Or that a mighty economy like Germany’s just couldn’t provide enough opportunity for all those engineers and doctors? Seems inconceivable that the elite could have been mistaken.
The Guardian has the answer; it’s islamophobia that muslims won’t take steps to succeed. Now the fact you, citizen, work hard and see that you and your children get an education and obey the law is easily explained away.
Somehow, these muslims also failed to work hard and get educated while they were still in muslim-majority countries; I guess their muslim countrymen were also islamophobic in some way that makes that blame game work? Just shut up and pay up, or they’ll shame you for chanting “Auslander Aus” or for singing “Deutschland den Deutschen” all while they set muslim rapists and murderers free.
https://x.com/Martin_Sellner/status/1794739322798645369
somehistory says
Just another way mozlums are taking over.
In this manner, they make the non-adherent of islam support them, while they seek other ways of gaining more control.
This non-working bit gives them plenty of time to plan attacks, have money to spend on weapons and go about raping the young and murdering citizens.
And if they are given the right to vote, they vote in more mozlums to offices of power.
Hank says
Merkel did not have the mandate to get rid of borders, facilitate a Muslim invasion, flood the country with illegal “immigrants” and trash the tax-paid welfare system setup for the nations citizens. Her mandate was to protect the citizens and busy herself with improving the economy and fighting crime and drugs which are the normal duties of politicians. She instead created an out of control Trojan horse. Germany needs to reverse the damage and deport.
tim gallagher says
What a complete stuff up. So the poor average German citizen pays out this enormous proportion of their tax money to keep a bunch of totally incompatible Muslim scum and parasites living comfortably in the country. The morons who devised this plan should be in jail. The Muslims are never ever going to be about doing anything but imposing stinking, primitive, barbaric islam on everybody. It is the dumbest move of all time to let the Muslim enemy invade.
Westman says
Grandmother said, “Birds of a feather flock together”.
Measure-nothing liberals say, “All humans will be made equal.”
Conservatives say, “All humans are born equal under the law. After that, other differences multiply.”
Muslims say, “All humans are born inferior under Islamic law unless they become Muslims and Allah has approved taking what infidels have.”
If all non-Muslims are inferior in the Muslim mind, why would any Muslim feel guilty about taking the German people’s tax money? The very fact that Germans accept this arrangement seems to give credence to Muslim beliefs.
Troybeam says
Islamic migrants that Germany brought in now raping the government of money, lots of money as they bring family and produce massive amount of children. Children that will be considered citizens that will later grow up and go into politics. While growing up in an Islamic house its 2 fold teaching the children: always honor Islam first and second go into public service to advance Islam.
Every nation that has taken in refugees has the same situation and they had better change some laws to keep their sovereignty.
tunde says
I like that you also take time to explain the solution.
OLD GUY says
We need more Migrant workers is the sales pitch. So why are they drawing two-thirds of the unemployment benefits if they are coming here to work?
Somebody LIED.
40 rounds says
Well, because they’re grifters, parasites, leeches, etc
Rick Smith says
What we rarely hear about is what those migrants do with all their free time, given that Germany takes care of all their living costs (for years). While most of us have to work to survive so we barely have any free time, these invaders get to live like the rich.
I’m sure these Muslims gangs are out there roaming around to harass, attack, rape, beat innocent people. Who knows how many ordinary Germans have been harmed by these barbarian hordes, esp. since the elites/media cover it all up, because they know they’re just as culpable for allowing the migrants to invade their country.
There is only one way out of this mess for Germany, which is to put the AfD in power and assuming they don’t sell out or backstab their voters, then they’ll likely throw out the freeloaders and restore German to its former ‘greatness.’
Otherwise, I only see chaos, civil war for Germany in the future as the Muslim numbers rise-it’s a problem for most European nations.
Let’s also not forget before even one migrant set foot in Germany, they were already experiencing major problems with the Muslim population-even Merkel said “multiculturalism has failed.’ Then that mad cow turned around and opened the floodgates to let even more Muslims invade.
I bet the Poland, Hungary and Slovakia are patting themselves on the back, as they kept Muslims out and don’t have to deal witth the migrant problems their neighbors do.
Hoi Polloi says
Merkel the mad cow and now they have Mad Cow Disease; I like the description, if not the affliction.
Rick Smith says
Lol thanks Hoi.
Indeed it seems political correctness has turned into madness and mental illness in Germany when it comes to Muslims and migrant invaders from MENA.
At least there is one bright light in Europe where we could see a turnaround, which is in the Netherlands with Geert Wilder’s party in charge.
I’m hoping that the desire to regain their freedom is just as contagious as the ‘other disease’ and will spread to other European nations and make them fight back against the Left-Islamic agenda to destroy democracy.
We are seeing real pushback against these pro-Hamas demos, so hopefully it’ll lead to more patriots joining in the fight to save western civilization….still a long way to go.
Hoi Polloi says
Let’s hope.