$6.6 billion is just the bill to deal with their arrival. The next bill to sustain them is $690 billion over their lifetime. Each refugee costs around $863,000 over the duration of their lifetime. If Germany plans to bring cuts on their own population to pay for all this, surely they would be committing a violation against human rights.
The real refugees in the Middle East are the Christians – of which few are left (alive) now – and the Yazidis
Germany will spend around $6.6 billion to cope with some 800,000 migrants and refugees expected to have crossed into the country by the end of 2015, the government said early Monday.
The announcement by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s coalition government came after Germany and neighboring Austria threw open their borders to the wave of refugees making their way north and west from the Middle East, Africa and elsewhere. Hungary has been letting the human tide move on after holding it up for days.
“We had to give a strong signal of humanity to show that Europe’s values are valid also in difficult times.
Munich police told NBC News that 28,500 people had arrived in the city over the past week, with 17,800 on Saturday and Sunday alone. Authorities said the city was running out of beds, and would be sending people to other states within Germany much more quickly.