JohnG@lt wrote:
Turquoise wrote:
mr.hrundi wrote:
Germany does need immigration to support the social system and the economy, but accepting the language of immigrants as an official language would blow the whole thing out of proportion. Yes, there are many Turks in Germany, but those who don't try to integrate are only a part of them. Many are integrated, speak german, have a good education and a good job. The rest is a minority. A problematic minority, but a minority. It would be like having Chinese as official language in the US because of the Chinese immigrants.
Do you think that Germans will eventually increase their birthrate, or will Germany most likely be an ethnically Turkish majority country in about 30 years or so? I know that's a highly speculative question, but I'm just interested in getting your perspective on this as a German citizen.
You do realize that Turks only make up 2.1% of the population?
Well, Germany's overall birth rate is 1.37 births per woman. It has been declining for years now. Now, it is true that East Germans tend to have a slightly higher birth rate than West Germans, but this is still considerably lower than the birth rate in Turkey.
Germany's birth rate by a different measure is 8.18 births per 1,000 people per year.
Turkey's birth rate is 18.66 births per 1,000 people per year.
If we assume that Germany's birth rate continues to decline, then immigration will be needed for the reasons mentioned earlier. Since Turks would appear to be the most interested in coming to Germany, then it would logically follow that Turks would rise in percentage among the German population. As the needs to sustain the current social system become more pressing with an aging population, there will be more encouragement of immigration to Germany to fill the various jobs associated with this advancing of age.
Last edited by Turquoise (2010-10-18 11:44:56)