In New Zealand we encourage immigration: 30% of the population was born overseas (very few refugees).
Personally it feels like we are just delaying demographic problems because those immigrants also become elderly and costly in time.
The main problem is that we have a serious outflow of 20-30 year olds leaving for other countries, so just encouraging more kids is not the answer here. I suspect the outflow is caused because 20-30 year olds can't get ahead financially or buy a house. They often move to Australia to earn more in a warmer clime where housing is more accessible.
Personally it feels like we are just delaying demographic problems because those immigrants also become elderly and costly in time.
The main problem is that we have a serious outflow of 20-30 year olds leaving for other countries, so just encouraging more kids is not the answer here. I suspect the outflow is caused because 20-30 year olds can't get ahead financially or buy a house. They often move to Australia to earn more in a warmer clime where housing is more accessible.