In 2023, the federal government's costs for refugees and asylum in Germany totaled around 29.7 billion euros. The largest cost item was social transfer payments following asylum procedures at 11.8 billion euros. In the following years, refugee costs are expected to fall to around 23.2 billion euros in 2027 and only rise again to 24.5 billion euros in 2028.
Federal expenditure for refugees and asylum in Germany from 2023 to 2028
(in billion euros)
Federal asylum benefits
Social transfer payments after asylum procedure
Combating the causes of flight
Refugee-related relief for federal states and municipalities
Integration services
Reception, registration and accommodation in the asylum procedure
Refugee-related expenditure and shortfall in federal revenue
Supplementary notes
Deviating values of the sum of the individual refugee-related burdens of the respective years to the corresponding total costs are probably due to rounding.
A precise definition of whether and to what extent the benefits are exclusively related to refugees is, according to the source, due to the complexity of the performance of tasks not possible in each individual case.
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Bundesrat. (August 30, 2024). Federal expenditure for refugees and asylum in Germany from 2023 to 2028 (in billion euros) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 21, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1108234/refugees-asylum-federal-expenditure-germany/
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