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From Spiegel:
Denmark’s strict immigration laws have saved the country billions in benefits, a government report has claimed. The Integration Ministry report has now led to calls among right-wing populists to clamp down further on immigrants to increase the savings.
The extremely strict laws have dramatically reduced the flow of people into Denmark in recent years, and many government figures are delighted with the outcome. “Now that we can see that it does matter who comes into the country, I have no scruples in further restricting those who one can suspect will be a burden on Denmark,” the center-right liberal integration minister, Søren Pind, told the Jyllands Posten newspaper.
Pind was talking after the ministry’s report — initiated by the right-wing populist Danish People’s Party (DPP) — came to the conclusion that by tightening immigration laws, Denmark has saved €6.7 billion ($10 billion) over the last 10 years, money which otherwise would supposedly have been spent on social benefits or housing. According to the figures, migrants from non-Western countries who did manage to come to Denmark have cost the state €2.3 billion, while those from the West have actually contributed €295 million to government coffers.
‘Restrictions Pay Off’
The report has led to jubilation among right-wing politicians: “We now have it in black and white that restrictions (on immigrants) pay off,” said DPP finance spokesman Kristian Thulesen Dahl. The DPP will almost certainly exploit the figures in future negotiations over the Danish economy.
Myke on 03 May 2011 at 6:38 pm #
And yet B.O tries to tell us we need illegals. We could balance the budget in no time by sending all the illegals home. Give them 30 days to gather up their families and belongings and then cut off all entitlements. The illegals cost us billions and they in turn send billions to Mexico. We are not only supporting them here we are supporting Mexico.
Beej on 03 May 2011 at 11:17 pm #
Very interesting. This goes to show that House Reps and Senators should and must listen to the American citizen and what they demand in reference to illegal’s that are on the USA soil. We are the ones paying for all the illegal’s freebies they so love. What does the American citizen get out of this? Left last in line for government benifits, housing, food stamps, inexpensive medical and much much more.
I hope many share this posting and it gets all over the 50 states of America. Time to start hounding our elected officials on this subject for the betterment of the USA.
How to fix the illegal immigration problem. - Page 2 - US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum on 13 Feb 2012 at 1:29 pm #
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