Politics · Germany · 7 hrs ago
Foreign Recipients of German Basic Support Have Risen Since 2010
New German government figures show foreign recipients of basic support have increased over the past 15 years.
The figures concern Germany’s basic income support system.
Billions of euros go to foreign recipients each year, though the available details give no exact total.
Foreign recipients make up a particularly high share of households with children.
The figures also show that annual benefit payments have risen over the period.
The changes date back to 2010, but no further steps or plans are specified.
New government figures show that the number of foreign recipients of Germany’s basic support has risen sharply since 2010.
Annual payments to foreign recipients have also increased, according to Bild.
The share of foreign recipients is particularly high in households with children.
Bild said its analysis covered changes in Germany’s basic support over the past 15 years.
- Who
- Foreign recipients of Germany’s basic support.
- What
- Their number and the annual payments they receive have risen.
- When
- Since 2010.
- Where
- Germany.
- Why
- Not stated.
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- Period
- Since 2010
- Annual payments
- Billions of euros go to foreign recipients each year
- Households
- The foreign-recipient share is particularly high in households with children
- Analysis period
- 15 years