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The US takes in about a million legal immigrants per year [1], the EU took in 1.6 million immigrants from non EU countries in 2014 [2]. The US has a population of 320 million, and the EU has 508 million. So the immigration is about the same per capita. So I think it should be possible to deal with that.

[1] https://www.dhs.gov/immigration-statistics/yearbook/2015/tab...

[2[ http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/...

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Where did those immigrants come from? What is their socio-economic background? Are they refugees, or perhaps tech workers? What about those coming to Europe?

Perfect questions.. and also Europe consists of many countries.. Are the immigrants evenly distributed between them? I doubt it.

> Are the immigrants evenly distributed between them?

No. There was a hot debate about this in 2015, with countries that take more refugees than average [1] arguing for quotas that would implement a more even distribution. I distinctly remember that a compromise was made, and in the end, some 50 refugees were actually relocated to a different EU country.

[1] Relative to population size.

define evenly.

Immigration (actually refugees) went up massively in 2015 and 2016 because of what happened in syria.

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