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France still definitely needs immigrants to keep her fertility rate at a decent level.

Funny that so many over here are still worried about immigration, for immigrants to Europe are less and less interested in France, sadly.

Indeed few refugees of the latest exodus from the Middle East would aim at settling down in our country. They'd rather go to the UK where work permit is easier to get and since many of them learned English, or to Germany, the Netherlands or Sweden where industry, therefore the job market is supposed to still be vibrant enough to remain welcoming. That's obviously not the same over here, and may well be a pity to us when a certain ratio of Syrian immigrants, for example would be rather skilled. Engineers, lawyers and so on among them, they say. Lots of young guys hungry for success.