One reason cited for Germany’s excessive welcome of sketchy, potentially dangerous Syrians is the need for new workers to keep the factories humming. Der Spiegel reported, Rx for Prosperity: German Companies See Refugees as Opportunity , noting that the German population is “shrinking” and the nation faces a labor shortage.

Is it not odd that Germany doesn’t look closer to home for new workers — like Spain? That country has plenty of young people being strangled from unemployment. Some Spanish workers have in fact relocated to Germany for job opportunity, but why isn’t there more outreach?

It has been reported within the last week that the Syrian newbies are functionally illiterate and mostly worthless as job prospects.

Spaniards would also be a better choice because that have higher IQs on average: Spain – 98 versus Syria – 83.

Plus Spain is culturally Christian and has a European sensibility. Jihad is not a cultural value there. By comparison, a poll from the Arab Center for Research and Policy Studies found that 13 percent of Syrian refugees support ISIS.

In addition, Germany is transforming its factories to automation. It’s unclear that new workers need to be imported at all.

But if Germany must have new workers, why not make use of Spain and other European nations with large unemployment? Wasn’t ease of movement for workers advertised as an advantage of the borderless European Union?