I don't necessarily agree. I don't know the statistics or the unemployment numbers, so I won't argue about that, but I will say that Germany pays most of their people (even those that do menial jobs) a livable wage. This is unlike America where these jobs that no one wants to do are paid poverty wages. They also have a very extensive welfare system, will it be able to handle such a large influx of people who will be undoubtedly utilizing it and not contributing (at this time, not saying they won't at some point). I have read that Germany is going through a population decrease, but I personally don't think a flood of refugees is the answer. The people are living in tents, there is nowhere for them to go, they don't speak the language, etc. There are many issues that people are struggling with and someone has to accommodate them. They don't have the resources to handle an influx of people that size at the moment. Just seems like HORRIBLE planning IMO.
I was in Germany last month and they tried to make it seem like a bad thing, but once I hit Berlin it seemed normal. They have the people taking language courses to learn German and from the Syrian refugees that I met, and played soccer with they seemed happy to be there and things were running smooth for them, I even spoke with them in German.
You will have rough patches of course, but you have to keep in mind that just because they're Syrian that doesn't mean their good for nothings, a lot of these people are skilled laborers, so they will find jobs, and to coincide with your point about being paid livable wages, yes, this means I'm supposing they have more of a budget to accommodate these people.
It will take time yes, but overall its a positive, and I thought similar to you until an actual German explained it to me while I was in Nuremberg. Its similar to the Obama thing where he wanted to grant Mexicans the right to work here.
They have the resources, they head the European union, they've got resources, they run their country overly efficient, they're clever,especially when it comes to cutting cost. And it wasn't bad planning, its just to be realistic regardless of the planning you try to do nothing can equate the theoretical answer to handling the real life situation.
Again, I think it was a good move on her part.