title: Migrants, Manpower and Math in the Coming Europe.
abstract: "A dead child" said stalin "is a tragedy. Two million are a statistic." A single photograph of a beach riveted world attention, converting syrian refugees from statistics to tragedy. But the statistics remain. Three Canadian columnists have offered contrasting interpretations. Eric Reguly argues that a static and aging Europe needs more manpower to sustain its economy. Margaret Wente, however, observes the failure of integration of migrants in Sweden. Migrants are drawn by open borders and a generous welfare state, but do not fit an advanced, high-skill economy. Gwynne Dyer notes that current inflows, IF evenly distributed, are a tiny proportion of the overall European Union. But economic migrants from Africa are a much larger issue. Their numbers are effectively inexhaustible.
authors.affiliation: Faculty, Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC.
authors.forename: Robert G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Evans
mesh_terms: D002170:Canada; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004651:Employment / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005060:Europe; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy; D012036:Refugees / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D014171:Transients and Migrants / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data