Thread by @AKaszon

@TheEconomist Immigration policy is not only a question of internal security, but also of ethics.

@TheEconomist The admission of one million people into a welfare state such as Germany causes costs that, purely mathematically, could have saved 31 to 68 million people from certain starvation if these funds had been used for development aid and world hunger relief instead.

@TheEconomist According to Jean Ziegler, around 30 to 40 million people die of hunger every year, about one million of them in Africa alone. de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Welthunger

@TheEconomist The interests of a few must not be placed above the needs of the vast majority of the poorest people. Migration must not take place at the expense of those who are already most at risk of hunger.

@TheEconomist At its core, it is about efficiency and the question of how limited resources can be used most effectively.

@TheEconomist For example, Development Minister Gerd Müller pointed out that just 15 cents per person per day would have been enough to save people from starvation and prevent mass migration.

https://x.com/BR24/status/1015661223961120770

@TheEconomist In this example, I've assumed $730 per person per year. Admittedly, this is a simplified calculation. If you strictly follow Müller's approach, you'd arrive at only $55 per year.

@TheEconomist This is, of course, a rough estimate. At a cost of 15 cents per refugee, this would amount to $55 per person annually. I think $730 is a bit closer to reality, since the transport costs for the food are more expensive than the food itself.

@TheEconomist Some media outlets and fellow citizens have hypothesized that immigration is better development aid. This is utter nonsense. Only 5.1 billion euros were transferred by migrants living in Germany to their home countries.
wiwo.de/unternehmen/ba…

@TheEconomist These 5 billion bear no relation to the costs of aid on the ground and the resulting savings in development aid.

@TheEconomist Economic irrationality will never benefit the poorest people in the long run, because otherwise we will never be able to help people to the extent that is actually necessary and that is what the refugee crisis of 2015 brought about.

@TheEconomist In 2014, the UN begged us for funds and made it clear to our politicians that the WFP was running out of money to supply the refugee camps with food. Security authorities warned us against skimping on food, as this could trigger a mass migration.

@TheEconomist The 15 cents per refugee per day for on-site aid was too expensive for the SPD and Olaf Scholz at the time. The UN's request for assistance in 2014 was unsuccessful. I would like to quote the SPD's development policy spokesperson at this point. dw.com/de/raabe-spd-v…

@TheEconomist "I find it very disappointing that a significant increase in funding to combat poverty has now failed because of some members of the Social Democrats leadership and not the CDU."

@TheEconomist On December 2, 2014, the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) announced that it had to suspend aid to Syrian refugees. The organization is short $64 million.

@TheEconomist Famine broke out in the Libyan and Syrian refugee camps. This is why so many people boarded unseaworthy boats. Many people still suspect that this was a deliberate decision for reasons of national selfishness.

@TheEconomist because the socialists are of the opinion that we absolutely need these people here in Germany so that they can pay our pensions in the future.

@TheEconomist I advise against making the same mistakes again. There are places where it's better not to skimp on animals for slaughter.

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@TheEconomist Development aid should be viewed as a give and take.
China provides the majority of development aid in Africa and grants loans on such unfair terms that they can never be repaid.

@TheEconomist While new jobs are created there, after a few years the infrastructure built falls back into the hands of the Chinese. This is how they secure their ports, their spheres of influence, and the raw materials that we should try to get aswell

@TheEconomist and that's why politicians must make a better offer to Africans and initiate a change in immigration and development policy, even if some voters consider this racist and go on demonstrations. Then politicians must educate them better.

@TheEconomist Currently, nearly 80% of development funds are wasted. My proposal would therefore be an open digital crypto development currency that can only be used for development transactions and can only be used to purchase development goods.

@TheEconomist A system like the payment card for refugees introduced in Germany, which aims to prevent the misuse of financial benefits.

@TheEconomist The blockchain's normally anonymous hashes could be fed with the names and phone numbers of project managers, geographical data, and the purpose of development projects, so that each project can be fully traced even years later.

@TheEconomist Even with massive cuts in the development budget, four times as many development projects could be realized, and such efficiency models are conceivable for all areas of the budget.

@TheEconomist According to estimates, Africa's population will nearly double in the next two decades. If it aspires to the same lifestyle as we do—with all the pressures on nature and working conditions that have already characterized Western industrialization—

@TheEconomist humanity would theoretically need the resources of three planets. This makes it all the more logical to direct investments specifically into renewable energies – specifically where the sun shines brightest.

@TheEconomist A fair immigration law would compare skilled labor surpluses and shortages with those of third world countries and keep the skilled labor gap as small as possible.

@TheEconomist This would amount to a ban on poaching skilled workers from the poorest countries, but this formulation would be tactically unwise, because people have been dumbed down by the media.

@TheEconomist Here is a comprehensive article describing the shortage of medical personnel in Africa and how wealthy countries deliberately poach skilled workers from poorer countries. In the WHO African Region,approximately 42%of health professionals plan to go abroad
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@TheEconomist For each doctor who leaves, this results in a loss of training of approximately $1.85 million.

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https://x.com/UN/status/819908110668034048

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https://x.com/WHO/status/1888214227074060641?utm_source=chatgpt.com

@TheEconomist To date, people in the bush have sought out traditional healers because the nearest hospital is usually a day's journey away and they cannot afford one.

@TheEconomist This video is a bit older, but illegal medical procedures are still being performed in the bush.

@TheEconomist Of course, the equipment is somewhat more modern these days, but many procedures require blood. This blood usually comes from the disabled people who are a burden to the villages.

@TheEconomist They are therefore sold to medicine men and chained to supposedly healing trees until they prove to be of medical use. If someone wants to be healed, it is not uncommon for someone else to be sacrificed.

@TheEconomist Something to keep in mind when complaining about having to wait 1-2 weeks for a doctor's appointment.

@TheEconomist I once had a YouTube channel that addressed the doctor shortage there. I uploaded videos of camps where people suffering from AIDS and malaria were dying miserably.

@TheEconomist Videos of illegal surgeries, which are still taking place today, and was banned for uploading them. The reality was too gruesome for YouTube.

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