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The German official responsible for investigating the attacks on women in Cologne on New Year's Eve says the suspects were "almost exclusively" those with a migration background, mainly North African and Arab.
Ralf Jaeger accused Cologne police of making "serious mistakes".
More than 500 criminal complaints have been filed - 40% alleging sexual assault - relating to 31 December.
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-35280386
Who'd could possibly predicted...
It says something about the mindset and flawed thinking of our glorious leaders that the threat posed to our security in Europe by such a massive influx of persons unknown didn't warrant any action but suddenly the realisation has dawned on them, as a result of these sexual assaults, that a significant number of these people are extremely dubious and capable of causing a whole lot of trouble. Well I'm sorry but there's been all sorts of criminality going on but nobody wanted to admit it until they had to.
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Originally Posted by nomadking
GDP may go up simply because everybody has to buy essentials like food. Where the money comes from is another matter. It will come from more benefits paid out from borrowed money. Then add in the effect of money being sent abroad and the economy actually loses out.
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The GDP argument has always been flawed IMHO. We're always being told most migrants are here doing all the low paid jobs that we don't want and scrimping by on poverty pay. We're also told that a great many save as much as they can to send home (both within and outside the EU e.g. the Philippines) in order to support their poverty stricken families. I don't see how either scenario an be argued as being positive for GDP.
Per capita income has to be a much better measure of the nation's wealth but even where that increases due (in part) to population growth we still have to consider the sustainability factor and the effects of population growth on things like the environment and our way of life.