Time for a zero refugee policy? - *Read OP for mod warnings - updated 11/5/24*
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One further point to add to this.
Technically speaking, an unemployed migrant will increase economic activity. They will be entitled to unemployment benefits, HAP for accommodation, a medical card, they might even get child benefit if they have kids, free schooling, etc. Spending unemployment benefits and consuming health & education resources will generate economic activity.
Of course the economic activity that they've generated is useless. They haven't created or contributed anything, all they've done is consume money and resources that were paid for by other people.
Low-paid workers are a less extreme example. They might not consume social welfare, but would likely still be entitled to HAP, GP visits, child benefit, etc. A single man stacking shelves on €25k a year for example would generate only €2.5k a year in tax, that wouldn't even come close to covering their HAP entitlement, let alone unemployment or future state pension payments. The economy will technically grow, even though they are still by far net beneficiaries of the system.
The problem above is not new, it's something most of Europe is contending with.
As the above graph for the UK illustrates, the growth of the economy by itself is meaningless. It's the growth of the economy per capita (or person) that matters. Adding migrants who don't work, or are Deliveroo drivers is ultimately going to act as a brake on future prosperity of the country.
tl;dr - economically speaking, not all migration is equal!
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