Germany: 17 million for refugee crisis

The German Länder are planning to file joint 17 billion euros in 2016 to deal with the refugee crisis.

So expect to lose North Rhine-Westphalia next year, four billion of refugees and counting Bavaria at 3.31 billion euros. Only Bremen has provided no information to Die Welt. Without this state is the planned amount for the crisis at 16.54 billion euros.

According to the newspaper get hold of the actual costs in 2016 are higher. The newspaper points out that the states have based their budgets on the expected influx of refugees this year. There were 800 000 refugees come to Germany, but the end of November there were already 965. 000. Germany is the favorite destination for many of the asylum seekers.

This year, costing the immense influx of refugees Germany an estimated € 15 billion, it was announced in October. Part of it will be borne by the states.