Pete Hegseth coming to Europe at a time of war and telling us, we have an immigrant problem, really reveals how little he understands about European economy.
In Denmark where I live, 12 percent of our GDP is created by foreign workers. If we said no thanks to that, we could not afford the impressive quality in our healthcare sector, our Ukraine aid, etc.
But the good news is, he will find out, because farms in the US have lost the foreign workers that were not white enough to the Trump regime.
Hospitals across Northern Europe *do* have a lot of immigrants in them - they are the healthcare workers! These include qualified nurses and doctors), porters, cleaners, maintenance staff etc
Some might be white (particularly in countries still in EU), others are from Asia and Africa.
If these workers weren't there, the healthcare system would struggle even more to find staff (especially as populations are ageing and birth rates declining in Northern Europe).
this is a wider problem across many industries (not just healthcare, its also an issue in automotive and skilled trades) - for 30 years many businesses refused to invest in training, and migrants from lower income countries come ready trained. Its not something that can be stopped simply by restricting immigration alone (we've already proven this in UK with Brexit, ending freedom of movement and making immigration more difficult hasn't resulted in either private or public sector investing in young staff), and is likely to need government intervention and public money spent on training (which British folk constantly moan about)
@vfrmedia @shemjm @david @randahl I am in the US but my PCPs office was staffed with a bunch of medical residents from Canada and they were/are FANTASTIC people.
Some may stay after their residency, some may go back to Canada after training, but they are a huge asset and benefit to this entire state.
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