People entering a job centre at Folkestone in southern England. (Image: Reuters) Nhan Dan – The European Union (EU) is suffering a new headache as waves of immigration pose the risk of social chaos and insecurity in economies that are still recording positive growth, such as the region’s ‘backbones’, Germany and Great Britain.
The German Federal Statistics Office announced that the country has experienced a tremendous surge of immigration from crisis-hit countries such as Spain, Italy and Greece. Last year, more than 1,080 million people emigrated to Germany, an increase of 13% over 2011 and the highest level since 1995.
Meanwhile, the British Government is also preparing to deal with another headache as MigrationWatch UK forecasts that 30,000-70,000 immigrants are expected to pour into the UK in the coming years.
Such a large influx of immigrants can lead to overloaded social security systems in Germany and the UK, which can result in a scarcity of employment opportunities and increasing pressure on hospitals and schools.
The prolonged European economic crisis is blamed for these problems as well as for making the unemployment situation worse. One in four people in Spain and Greece are unemployed and youth unemployment in these countries has reached a startling 60%.
Immigration only exacerbates the EU economic ‘disease’ and makes it more difficult to treat.
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