There are already plenty of unemployed people to employ instead of calling in migrants.
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This argument is used in the debates Does being on the left necessarily mean being in favor of mass immigration? and Should we accept immigration?.
This argument is an objection to Migrants work in jobs that Europeans don't want to fill.
Summary
France has millions of unemployed. In sensitive housing estates, 40% of young people don't work. Why bring in migrants? If we need workers, it's better to train our young people and our unemployed than to bring in migrants who don't speak French or German.