Aspek Pragmatisme dalam Kebijakan Pintu Terbuka Jerman terhadap Pengungsi Timur Tengah: Solusi Grey Population

In 2015, refugee crisis that occurred in European Union due to the war in
the Middle East formed the background of Germany's open-door policy.
As it is implemented, this open-door policy attracted several controversies
with strong internal criticism and negative public opinion, but the policy
still be maintained. This phenomenon raises questions regarding on the
basis of German legitimacy in maintaining an open-door policy which
has always highlighted the sides and ideas of humanitarianism. Therefore,
this study seeks to see other aspects of Germany's open-door policy
as German foreign policy, namely ‘pragmatism' based on consideration
of demographic issues related to greying population which have a negative
impact on German's stability and economic prospects. Based on these
thoughts, the author argues that Germany maintained the open-door policy
as a solution to help overcome greying population in demographic and
economic context. The open-door policy can be use as a solution through
the use of refugees and immigrants as productive workers and tax payers
in Germany.