An economics professor at the
University of Munich says that 65% of refugees arriving in Germany "fail
to meet international standards on basic reading and writing skills,"
making them functionally illiterate.
That means that hundreds of thousands
of adult refugees will likely fail to get a job to support themselves and their
families, burdening the German welfare system for the next quarter-century……….
The
United States has already absorbed hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants
from Honduras, Nicaragua, and other Central American countries – mostly
children who have either never been to school or were prevented from attending
class because of the violence. Now we are going to import more dependent
refugees from Syria?
The
story of what is going on in small towns and communities across America as
ordinary Americans have refugees dumped unceremoniously in their laps is
largely untold. Social service groups and charities are trying to pick up
the slack, but schools, health care, and basic needs are all overburdened and
stretched to the limit.
It
will be a quarter of a century before the children of these illiterate parents
can contribute meaningfully to the economy. Meanwhile, they will be
siphoning off benefits from native-born citizens and legal immigrants who need
them just as much.
