>BERLIN—The tidal wave of refugees that crashed through Germany’s doors last year has long turned to a trickle, but the costs of the inflow will remain a burden on the country for years, budget figures released on Friday showed.
>The German finance ministry expects to spend €77.6 billion ($86.2 billion) over the next four years feeding, housing and training refugees as well as helping their home countries to stem the flow, according to updated budget estimates for the period from 2017 to 2020. Adding budgeted costs for the current year would bring the total to €93.6 billion between by 2020.
>Yearly cost estimates are set to remain broadly stable over the years even though arrivals have slowed considerably—a testament to the government’s low expectations about its ability to integrate the newcomers, most of them from the Middle-East and poorly trained, into its economy.
>For German taxpayers, the most expensive aspect of the crisis—coming at a cost of €24 billion between 2017 and 2020—will be to cover for the social benefits granted to migrants after they obtain asylum, This cost will nearly double from €4.2 billion in 2017 to €8.2 in 2020. This is because the government expects asylum seekers to continue coming to Germany—for instance via family reunification—and because those granted asylum are entitled to higher benefits than applicants.
>Government officials sought to put the figures in a positive light, saying that the country’s prudent fiscal course in recent years meant it now had ample reserves to tackle the immigration challenge. The data released on Friday showed Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble aimed to maintain a balanced budget in coming years despite the additional financial burden.
Imagine how many German families could be pulled out of poverty with that money.
Nolan Nguyen
>that expression Whites seem to enjoy being the human version of a cuckoo feeder.
John Gomez
>Poland shitposting from down under
Come on. Merkel hates Germany and it's people. She's descended from jewish kashubians.
Jordan Morgan
>€93.6 billion in 5 years
Actually, mate, that looks a pretty low cost to be honest, less than 20 billion per year.
We spend 35 billion on our military, so 20 billion isn't much in comparison.
And that money creates jobs in Germany, especially for non-employable SJWs (German lectures, integration measures, cooking, cleaning up after them, building things)
Angel Morales
eat shit and die
Caleb Hughes
Welcome to the club, Hans.
Alexander Wood
Including this year it comes to €96 million altogether. Don't kid yourself. This is a lot of money that your government is spending on destroying your country, because your government values GDP over culture.
Nolan Lee
Don't worry, they will pay it back in taxes. And if not them, their beautifully mixed children will.
Jason Jenkins
Whoops, got that figure wrong and you already included the correct one. My bad.
Easton Myers
>implying we aren't leaving the EU
We won't be able to bankroll their schemes anymore.
Connor Diaz
This and brexit. How fucked is your economy?
Brandon Jones
>a testament to the government’s low expectations about its ability to integrate the newcomers If only they had more people from the Middle East to help these poor people from the Middle East integrate.
