Refugee good for German prosperity

- Refugees will contribute in a few years to the prosperity of Germany. Within five to seven years makes an applicant more than it costs the state. That is the German Institute for Economic Research DIW said Tuesday.

Marcel Fratzscher president of the DIW called it shocking how one-sided debates on refugees in Germany are each fed. The focus is too much on the costs to looming tax increases far.

Refugees according to the institute will eventually take care of income, the income of the entrepreneurs raise them and increase the productivity of the companies. These will also benefit their German colleagues, that is the prognosis of the DIW.