Aka a low wage labor pool to plug the youth demographic gap.
If European countries had sustainable fertility rate, then they could be choosy about immigration.
At 1.3-1.5, well, people have to come from somewhere...
I don't know too many nativists / nationalists who agree with the statement 'I am fine with my country being poorer and worse off economically in exchange for getting rid of immigrants.'
Their political champions bill is as though removing immigrant labor will somehow make the economy better.
Because, yes, when has a smaller, more expensive domestic labor pool ever helped a country's economic competitiveness? /s