Wednesday, October 7, 2009

How come it's easier for an unskilled person from Iran to live in the EU than a skilled American

How come it's easier for an unskilled person from Iran to live in the EU than a skilled American?
I don't understand, in Europe we're having wave after wave of Middle Eastern/North African immigrants who live off the welfare system, but for an American Architect they'd have to go on a waiting list, interviewed multiple times, pay a fee and might not be able to live in the EU after years of waiting. Get EU citizenship then... Swedish, Italian, German etc. are all EU Citizens. I'm Icelandic so I'm not part of the EU so sorry if I made some errors. If someone overstayed their tourist visa, doesn't that make them an illegal immigrant? Does anyone else think this is unfair that skilled workers from rich countries have a harder time moving to other rich countries, than unskilled people from the third world?
Immigration - 3 Answers
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1 :
The EU is not a country.
2 :
I guess the American can't apply for asylum or at least claim it. Maybe it would just be a better idea to overstay a tourist visa, I don't know. I was told that it was a very difficult system as far as immigration goes, unless you are from the third world
3 :
This is a remains from the decades in which there was a high demand for unskilled workers for the coal mines or other lowly paid jobs. Today Europe is much more in need of skilled workers, but systems and policies only change very slowly. Remember this is a continent of 400 million and also an elephant turns slower than a small bird.