Related, a little better covered: who are the people trying to enter? According to some estimates there are 12 million (!) people who had to flee from the places where they lived just in Syria. More than half of all the people in the country!<p>Probably out of 4 asylum seekers 2 are from Syria, 1 from Afghanistan and 1 from other areas, often Africa.<p>Also note that most of the original inhabitants of Syria are very young, as around 25 years ago there were twice as less people there:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Demographics_of_Syria" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Demographics_of_Syria</a><p>The demographics of Afghanistan is comparable.