Only a small specific group of immigrants are good for Finland, whereas an even larger part is a massive burden.
Who benefits from writing these misleading studies?
How many times has this been posted here in the last week and proven wrong
ok, I am foreigner but I must be critical here. If I were in the governments or even voters, I would not look for just “a better-than-average population” immigrants. It needs to compare the stats in urban areas (where ppl flocks to), in individual fields too, refugees vs work-based.
Obviously more detailed data is needed, but it sounds as is a bit shallow to battle some rhetoric.
Edit: Wrote in Finnish. My bad, mixed this with other sub, translated now.
I am all in for immigration, but the study is done weirdly. It speaks of benefits of immigrants to the country, but for the cost and benefit analysis it has not actually studied source of immigrancy or nationality, but language spoken.
Amazing. Lets get a million somalis to Finland as the study says we’ll only benefit from it!
You’re on a slippery slope to racism.
“Immigrant” is a broad term – stretching from humanitarian immigrant from a war-torn nation delivering food, to a PhD leading an AI startup. And averages mean nothing.
Immigration isn’t an issue when there is an individual net-positive contribution, which is generally rare. It is an issue when it negatively impacts culture, is divisive and consumes more than it creates.
Break it down by education level, country of origin and reason for immigration and you’ll soon discover the problem which will help you with a solution.
Receiving immigrants gives significant savings compared with born-in residents of the country: A new-born child is typically only an expense for 20+ years before becoming productive. Immigrants are mainly either working-age grown-ups or at least even as child much older than newborn children. That means significant savings to the society and thus also public finances. Very many forget this fact when calculating the cost of immigration!
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Only a small specific group of immigrants are good for Finland, whereas an even larger part is a massive burden.
Who benefits from writing these misleading studies?
How many times has this been posted here in the last week and proven wrong
ok, I am foreigner but I must be critical here. If I were in the governments or even voters, I would not look for just “a better-than-average population” immigrants. It needs to compare the stats in urban areas (where ppl flocks to), in individual fields too, refugees vs work-based.
Obviously more detailed data is needed, but it sounds as is a bit shallow to battle some rhetoric.
Edit: Wrote in Finnish. My bad, mixed this with other sub, translated now.
I am all in for immigration, but the study is done weirdly. It speaks of benefits of immigrants to the country, but for the cost and benefit analysis it has not actually studied source of immigrancy or nationality, but language spoken.
The actual study is here
https://www.theseus.fi/handle/10024/899598
Amazing. Lets get a million somalis to Finland as the study says we’ll only benefit from it!
You’re on a slippery slope to racism.
“Immigrant” is a broad term – stretching from humanitarian immigrant from a war-torn nation delivering food, to a PhD leading an AI startup. And averages mean nothing.
Immigration isn’t an issue when there is an individual net-positive contribution, which is generally rare. It is an issue when it negatively impacts culture, is divisive and consumes more than it creates.
Break it down by education level, country of origin and reason for immigration and you’ll soon discover the problem which will help you with a solution.
Receiving immigrants gives significant savings compared with born-in residents of the country: A new-born child is typically only an expense for 20+ years before becoming productive. Immigrants are mainly either working-age grown-ups or at least even as child much older than newborn children. That means significant savings to the society and thus also public finances. Very many forget this fact when calculating the cost of immigration!
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