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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by Joeri on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @06:48AM (#36770332)
Refugees have a selection mechanism as well because you have to be enterprising and resourceful to travel all the way to the EU. The US became big by taking in the unwashed masses fleeing Europe, and I think much of its entrepreneurial spirit goes back to that origin story.
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Re:the US economy and the EU were the same size in 2008, the... by gruez on Tuesday July 18, 2023 @09:09AM (#36771558)
>Refugees have a selection mechanism as well because you have to be enterprising and resourceful to travel all the way to the EU.

I never claimed that refugees have no selection effects, but is that selection effect comparable to proper immigration screening?

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