'Billions needed to integrate migrants'

- Germany should increase spending for police, education and childcare to at least 5 billion euros to let the record number of asylum seekers successfully integrate and to avoid social unrest. That said German Vice Chancellor Sigmar Gabriel Monday after a meeting of the Social Democrats (SPD).

The country's most populous and biggest economy of Europe is the largest influx of refugees since World War II. Around 1.1 million asylum seekers have arrived in the country in 2015, much more than in other EU countries. SPD leader Gabriel, also coalition partner of Chancellor Angela Merkel said that Berlin is a social struggle must prevent in light of the increasing numbers of mainly Muslim refugees.

Gabriel called for a joint effort of the federal government, the states and municipalities to share the task of integrating hundreds of thousands of refugees. We need 9000 extra police officers in Germany, 25 000 new teachers and 15 000 employees in childcare , he said. He also called for a doubling of funds for housing to prevent a shortage of affordable housing in urban areas.