Chapter 617： Immigration (1/2)

Prime Minister Felix: ”As of now, there have been 1,876 domestic bankruptcies, and the number of unemployed has exceeded 2.47 million, a record high.

Among them, the cotton textile industry suffered the worst losses. One quarter of the textile mills went bankrupt, and more than half of the cotton mills announced a reduction in production, and the production capacity fell directly by 37%.

Followed by the shipbuilding industry, affected by the decline in international trade, shipyards have had few new orders in recent months. Even a large part of the original orders were affected by the economic crisis and announced default.

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Bad news keeps ringing in Franz's ears, which is the inevitable result of the economic crisis.

The market contracted during the Great Depression, and companies cut capacity and laid off workers in order to weather the crisis, causing the market to shrink further, forming a vicious circle.

To resolve the crisis is very simple, either find a new market to transfer the crisis, or wait for the market to naturally pick up.

The situation is very obvious now. All of Europe is burdened by Austria. There is no place to transfer the crisis. It can only be recovered by the market.

After the survival of the fittest, backward production capacity was eliminated. Most of the surviving companies have worked **** management or technology, and after each economy, it is also a period of technological explosion.

Unlike in the past, after the economic crisis broke out, the Vienna government did not increase investment in public facilities and increase employment, but left the market free to regulate.

Franz asked: ”How's the migration going?”

The crisis is not terrible. What is terrible is the unemployed population that emerged during the crisis. The working class's ability to resist risks is severely inadequate these days. It is okay to be unemployed for two or three months. If there is no income for a year and a half, then something will happen.

The solution to the crisis is very simple, and direct migration is sufficient. Colonies are under development and lack a large labor force.

Under normal circumstances, except for those who are restless and want to get rich, few people are willing to leave their hometowns and go to the colonies to work hard.

To put it bluntly, the golden time to make a fortune in the colony has passed. As development continues, conditions in the colonies are getting better and better, but the chances of getting rich are getting less and less.

Early immigrants, as long as they were desperate and immortal, were basically able to get rich. Until now, we can only say that there are more opportunities than domestic ones.

In order to get ahead, in addition to dare to fight, you must have a flexible mind, plus a little luck.

The temptation has diminished, and everyone's enthusiasm for immigration has also diminished. Even though Austria has begun a colonial localization strategy, after all, the time is still short and the infrastructure is still far from domestic.

Especially in the fields of transportation, medical treatment and education, the gap is huge. The transportation problem is that the development time is too short, and medical and education are insufficient.

This is not to say that Austria lacks doctors and teachers. It is mainly because these people can live well in the country and have no motivation to go to the colony.

To address these issues, the Vienna government has also established schools on the African continent to train doctors and teachers on the spot.

This is not to be seen in a short time, but it takes time to accumulate. Especially for the training of doctors, according to the current education system in Austria, there is no less than seven years of medical majors, and the training of a qualified doctor all starts in ten years.

This is not a high demand from Franz, but a practical need. In the era of lack of medical equipment, the doctor's ability to see a doctor depended on the doctor's ability.

Colonial Minister Stephen replied: ”So far, the number of registered immigrants has exceeded the 1.2 million mark and resettlement of 680,000 people has been completed.

The number of applicants continues to increase. According to the current domestic economic situation, it is estimated that the total number of final immigrants may exceed 3 million. ”

This is the characteristic of the economic crisis. There are still savings in the hands of the people in the early days to support them, and the later they get worse.

In order to survive, it is not surprising to sign up for immigration. If people really choose it voluntarily, it is estimated that the whole of Austria will not find a few people who want to go to colonies.