Refugees often have special needs and trouble fitting in.





The high cost of refugees to German local taxpayers has been horrifyingly revealed after members of the Alternative for Germany Party (AfD) requested information from the Hamburg City Senate.





According to the information released by the Leftist-controlled City, a grand total of 5.35 billion euros was spent over the period 2015-2019.





With a population of 1.8 million, this is a cost per citizen of 2,972 euros (or $ 3,294 at the time of writing).





Jungfreiheit: As reported the right-wing newspaper





The Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg spent around 5.35 billion euros for asylum seekers from 2015 to the end of 2019. While the total expenses for accommodation, provision and integration of asylum seekers in 2015 were just under 735 million, the costs skyrocketed in 2016 to 1.47 billion euros, the Hamburg Senate replied to a request from the AfD citizens' group.



In 2017 and 2018, annual amounts of over one billion euros were achieved. At the end of June 2019, the expenditure for the current year was around half a billion euros. Since this budget year has not ended, further costs will be incurred. The Senate forecasts spending of almost 800 million euros for the year as a whole...



The chairman of the AfD parliamentary group in the Hamburg citizenship, Alexander Wolf, sees this as "the insane cost of refugee policy". Immigration since 2015 has "historically caused high costs for the citizens of Hamburg". Five billion euros in five years correspond to the financial expenditure or the "gross domestic product of many African countries", Wolf criticizes. Hamburgers would be burdened with “such astronomical sums”, “without ever being asked whether they want it at all”. It is "a bottomless pit".





Yes, always remember that when you take in a refugee -- the great majority of whom are simply economic migrants -- it is not just for Xmas (or some other short period) but possibly for life, with costs running into the billions and trillions.



