Germany: Cost of foreign welfare payments soars to €15.4 billion a year as foreign recipients double since 2010

The number of German recipients of welfare benefits has halved since 2010, while the number of foreign nationals receiving social assistance payments has doubled, government data has revealed. The data emerged from a response by Parliamentary State Secretary at the Federal Ministry of Labor and Social Affairs Anette Kramme to a request made by the … Continue reading Germany: Cost of foreign welfare payments soars to €15.4 billion a year as foreign recipients double since 2010