Rationale
The
article that has been chosen was published recently on October 14, 2015 by Tom
Porter, a reporter for the International Business Times UK who had previously
worked for the BBC and the East London Guardian. It has a clear bias against
the migrant crisis and provides facts and figures to concretely explain the
negative impact of the crisis and the unpopularity of Angela Merkel's decision
among the people of Germany.
This
pastiche will look at how the influx of refugees may turn out to be
advantageous for Germany. Personally, I believe in the ideology that although
Germany may have had good intentions about helping people, it has now turned
into a massive political and economic necessity to counter balance Germany's
ageing population. This ageing population needs migrants to take the menial
jobs in order for the economy to work efficiently, and this is going to be the
basis of my pastiche.
FYI! This pastiche represents a perspective
of a group of people and of myself on this massive world issue that is the
refugee crisis caused by the Syrian civil war and the up rise of the extremist
group, ISIS, or ISIL, or IS, or Da'esh.
ORIGINAL
ARTICLE BY TOM PORTER, published on the IB times UK
Migrant crisis: Germans increasingly feel the
country cannot cope with influx of refugees.
Most
Germans believe there are too many refugees in the country and that Chancellor
Angela Merkel was wrong to say "we'll manage this". Approximately
800,000 refugees and migrants are expected to arrive in the Germany this year.
The survey by
YouGov, published on 13 October, found that 56% believe there
are too many refugees in the country, a 10 point raise on the previous month.
It
also found failing confidence in the German government's insistence that
Germany could cope with the influx, with only 32% of respondents agreeing with
Merkel's repeated insistence "we'll manage this",
down by 11 points from a month ago.
Only
19% thought the country could take in more refugees, down from 28% in
mid-September.
The
survey comes as support for Merkel's
Conservatives dropped to its lowest levels since June 2014 in
the wake of the refugee crisis. The Forsa poll conducted for broadcaster RTL
and Stern magazine showed that support for the party has slipped to 38%.
Merkel
and Horst Seehofer, the leader of the Conservative's Bavarian sister party, are
currently locked in dispute, with Merkel favouring an open door policy towards
those wanting to enter the country, and Seehofer threatening to take the
government to court unless it does more to stem the flow of refugees and
migrants, with Bavaria often their point of entry.
PASTICHE
Many
say that Germany's attitude towards the refugees stems from an event that
happened in the dark history of Germany, the Holocaust of 1941 when the Germans
were forced to be refugees themselves. But, realistically, that is just a load
of nonsense, these scholars might have been on moonshine!
The
way to look at it politically is from statistics that are completely entrenched
in economic values and not in values of the general German populace. For a
country like Germany to take in so many refugees there’s no two way about it.
Of course, it is easy to fool the people and make them sympathize with
the refugees, this will only benefit the German economy.
Generally
in the EU, over 50% of the population is above 45 years old and as humans, the
older people get, they become less active and therefore it becomes harder to do
menial jobs that require no skill but a lot of physical labor. For countries
like Germany, people inflow requirements can't be met just by policy changes
that allow more migration to the country. The fact is that most western European
countries need an inflow rate of 7x- 8x higher than the current rate.
So
what is the advantage of this influx of refugees?
Angela
Merkel announced late in August that Germany is willing to accept a massive
800,000 refugees this year. Merkel's decisions are ones to be admired though as
she is trying to make economic as well as political gains by taking advantage
of this the crisis. She uses the ideology articulated by Michael Heppell in his
book 'FLIT IT: How to get the best out of everything.' and turns this crisis
into a massive boost for an ageing economy.
The
introduction of younger, healthier refugees into the German workplace will
surely benefit the German economy as it may be able to increase its output
overall as an economy as the immigrants bring specific skill sets with them.
The real tragedy here is that the pitiful plight of the persecuted masses might
turn out to be an excuse to cause them still more pain and adversity.
GOOD
LUCK TO THE ASYLUM-SEEKERS!
PS: I am sorry about the pictures if they aren’t
displayed.
