Resisting immigration of a particular demographic, one that arguably contributes most to the coffers of the said welfare state, is well within epistemological domain of the word 'xenophobia'.
I'm responding to
> the recent wave of xenophobia worldwide
The costs of the refugee crisis
The German government will have to spend 50 billion euros on refugees during this year and next, a new study estimates. In order to balance these costs, researchers urge financial restraint elsewhere.
http://www.dw.com/en/the-costs-of-the-refugee-crisis/a-19016...