In 2011 Syria declared a civil war. Since then 4.8 million have fled to Turkey, Lebanon, Jordan, Egypt and Iraq, and 6.6 million are internally displaced within Syria. Meanwhile about one million have requested asylum to Europe. Germany has almost 1.1 million refugee applications in 2015, the most in Europe along with Sweden and France. But, with the acceptance of refugees and the current population of Germany, some serious concerns have been brought up .
While many European countries say asylum seekers could damage their economies if they let in too many, Germany is counting on the thousands of migrants to plan on going there to save its own. Many hard labor jobs and apprenticeships don’t appeal to the working age Germans, therefore the
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Berlin, the capital of Germany, has suspected that the working age population will go down by 6 million by 2030 as the number of deaths exceed births, making it hard for the economy to grow. Many people suspect that the language barrier will affect the motivation to find jobs among refugees. Even if and when they do learn German, it is still suspected that employment rates will be low. The German Council of Economic Experts estimated that it would cost approximately $23 billion (€21659290900) to care for the refugees in 2015. Scarcity also comes into play when hundreds of thousands of people are coming into use resources that are already scarce (ex. money,housing) . And when there are too many people and too little resources, that results in over population. People are also scared of potential terrorist threats. It has always been something that has been watched for, but due to the terror attacks in Paris in 2015, Europe has been extremely cautious when letting in immigrants from countries where ISIS is a potential threat. Many Germans are also stating that it's not their responsibility to take blame for the political conditions in the Middle East that have caused these people to be