Letters: France needs immigration to sustain its tax revenue

To the Editor,

Your reader James Chater makes an eloquent case for legal immigration in overcoming what is termed the imbalance in the support ratio. 

Letters: France needs more immigration to help its ageing population

This arises when a combination of an ageing population and declining birthrate inevitably results in insufficient numbers of those of working age to provide the level of tax revenue necessary to meet the financial demands of society.

It is disappointing that Simon Heffer, in his response, entirely failed to address the issue. 

It is not sufficient to say that a government is doomed if it fails to respond to the population's cultural objections to immigration.

It is the duty of government to ensure that the public are properly informed of the dilemma which awaits them and the dire consequences of failing to take necessary and timely action, however unpalatable that may be to some.

Stuart Ross, Pas-de-Calais

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