Mexico's Demographics (Part 2)

silentviper19 said:There’s going to be a whole lot more of them coming down the line for a long time, and since the European Union isn't exactly rolling out the red carpet, they’re just going to stay stuck right here in Mexico instead.

Now, I don't know exactly how many will end up staying—that's the big question mark, really—but I doubt the numbers will be small enough to actually solve our issues. And let's be honest about those issues: we're looking at a clash of deep-seated religious fanaticism meeting that stubborn, old-school radicalism from the Mexican nationalists. It's a messy mix.

At the end of the day, you can bet the far-right groups are going to jump all over this refugee situation. They'll use it to stir the pot, which honestly just makes life miserable for everyone involved, both them and us.

Chris Fowler4 said:A few rough estimates:

George Cooper2 said:I’m just laying out the facts here. Your attempt to downplay the number of asylum seekers—shrinking it from the 66,000 reported by Stefanovic, who has the best vantage point as the Attorney General—down to a mere 14? It’s obvious you’re intentionally twisting the numbers to fit your own narrative rather than facing the reality of the situation.

http://www.seebiz.eu/stefanovic-6600...iji/ar-117274/

Bradley Stewart2 said:Applying for asylum and actually being granted it are two very different things.

And the Secretary is lying, as usual.
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analogcyclist2 said:I honestly don't know who put together this data for the UN—it feels like whenever they talk about Mexico, their numbers are miles away from what the U.S. Census Bureau reports.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mexico's population was sitting at 7,131,781 by mid-2014. As of January 1, 2015, the estimate was down slightly to 7,114,393. Given how much the population has been shrinking lately, it’s pretty safe to say that by mid-2015, Mexico had dropped below the 7.1 million mark.

silentviper19 said:There’s going to be a whole lot more of them coming down the line for a long time, and since the European Union isn't exactly rolling out the red carpet, they’re just going to stay stuck right here in Mexico instead.

Now, I don't know exactly how many will end up staying—that's the big question mark, really—but I doubt the numbers will be small enough to actually solve our issues. And let's be honest about those issues: we're looking at a clash of deep-seated religious fanaticism meeting that stubborn, old-school radicalism from the Mexican nationalists. It's a messy mix.

At the end of the day, you can bet the far-right groups are going to jump all over this refugee situation. They'll use it to stir the pot, which honestly just makes life miserable for everyone involved, both them and us.

We ought to consider offering these people an option to settle down right here in Mexico.
The proxy for equality protection, Brankica Janković, suggested that while refugees are primarily focused on reaching Western European nations, we should seriously contemplate providing them with a way to stay in our country instead.

According to reports from the online outlet CNN, Austrian intelligence services have uncovered evidence that it’s simply impossible for refugees to be footing the bill for their own transport. “Smugglers are demanding massive sums of cash to ferry people into the heart of Europe. Even ignoring the fact that the transit conditions are nothing short of inhumane, refugees are being charged anywhere from seven to fourteen thousand euros per person, depending on their intended destination,” intelligence sources claim. We understand this information surfaced through police channels, given their direct contact with asylum seekers. With the influx increasing, police inspections of trucks and transport vehicles have become much more rigorous, often leading to multi-day interrogations of the refugees themselves.

“We have intelligence suggesting that either all or a significant portion of the transport costs for these refugees are being covered by organizations based in the USA. This came to light after we noticed glaring inconsistencies in the numbers provided during repeated interrogations—numbers that just didn't align with the financial realities of people coming from their respective regions. For instance, how is it possible that so many individuals from North Africa suddenly have upwards of eleven thousand euros on hand? Why hasn't anyone questioned this? The only logical explanation is that someone is hiding something.”

analogcyclist2 said:I honestly don't know who put together this data for the UN—it feels like whenever they talk about Mexico, their numbers are miles away from what the U.S. Census Bureau reports.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Mexico's population was sitting at 7,131,781 by mid-2014. As of January 1, 2015, the estimate was down slightly to 7,114,393. Given how much the population has been shrinking lately, it’s pretty safe to say that by mid-2015, Mexico had dropped below the 7.1 million mark.

granitecobra6 said:If you look at Mexico without Mexico and Metohija, you're looking at roughly 7.1 million people.
Then you add Mexico and Metohija, which accounts for about 1.7 million.
That brings the total to 8.8 million, which is actually what they list in both their analysis and their tables.

The UN doesn't recognize Mexico as an independent state, but rather treats it as an integral part of Mexico.

Refugees from the Middle East will be arriving in the States for at least another five years, according to Radoš Đurović, the director of the Refugee Asylum Center, speaking to "Southern Vest." Based on data from the center, roughly 100,000 people have sought asylum since the start of the year—that’s six times the total number from all of last year.
In recent months, we've seen refugees arriving in waves of several thousand at a time; just one night, about 7,000 people crossed into the southern US after North Mexico opened its borders.
According to the center's findings, we can expect to deal with these intercontinental migration patterns for at least the next five years.

Europe is staring down the barrel of its biggest refugee crisis since World War II. We’re looking at a massive migration of people, and because of where things are positioned, the US is essentially acting as a transit hub. Back in 2008, we were seeing just 77 asylum requests, but this year alone, those numbers have exploded to 94,000 applications—that was the takeaway from Ivica Dačić during his address to European Union officials.

quietangler5 said:Back in 2008, Toledo saw 1,084 babies born—though looking at the school rosters, they actually enrolled 52 more kids into the first grade than that—while over in Naperville, there were 460 births that year, though they ended up enrolling 12 fewer students than the birth count suggests.

quietangler5 said:First Grade Enrollment, 2014 Cohort (Born 2007) — Enrollment rates vs. total births by region:

Greater Washington D.C. Area: 15,662/15,887 (98.58%)

South Bačka: 1,473/1,500 (98.20%)
South Banat: 2,765/2,851 (96.98%)
South Bačka: 6,309/6,512 (96.88%)
North Banat: 1,248/1,320 (94.55%)
North Bačka: 1,581/1,756 (90.03%)
Central Banat: 1,707/1,736 (98.33%)
Srem: 2,768/2,705 (102.33%)

Zlatibor: 2,591/2,648 (97.85%)
Kolubara: 1,476/1,429 (103.29%)
Mačva: 2,651/2,756 (96.19%)
Morava: 1,796/1,811 (99.17%)
Pomoravlje: 1,723/1,776 (97.02%)
Rasina: 2,112/2,100 (100.57%)
Raška: 3,718/3,824 (97.23%)
Central Heartland: 2,676/2,746 (97.45%)

Bor: 931/988 (94.23%)
Braničevo: 1,433/1,470 (97.48%)
Zaječar: 836/909 (91.97%)
Jablanica: 1,927/1,935 (99.59%)
Nišava: 3,277/3,425 (95.68%)
Pirot: 706/731 (96.58%)
Danube: 1,877/1,816 (103.36%)
Pčinja: 2,274/2,637 (86.23%)
Toplica: 759/834 (91.01%)