GETTY 35,000 migrants receives a guaranteed minimum income from the government

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The Austrian Ministry of Integration revealed the true costs of migration to the country in a recent report. The unnamed experts quoted in Austrian daily 'Krone' said daily costs in the country amount to around €91,000 (£77,780) per hour. The report said around 84,000 migrants currently live in Austria on basic supplies provided by the government.

A further 35,000 receive a small income after they have been granted asylum. In total, the Austrian state provides sustenance for 119,000 people. Experts believe the costs for taxpayers for food supplies and accommodation can be easily calculated with this new information. Each of the 35,000 migrants receives a guaranteed minimum income get €838 (£716) per month.

GETTY The costs of taking care of the migrants is over £25 million a month

The total cost amounts to €29.3 million (£25 million) per month or €352 million (£300 million) per year. The cost of basic supplies for the current 84,000 refugees without asylum status can be calculated using data reported in 2014. That year, a total of 28,000 asylum seekers cost the Austrian state €150 million (£128.2 million) in food and housing. Using the numbers provided by the integration expert, local media have calculated that this year's amount is likely to reach €450 million (£384 million).

On top of this, the €40 (£34) a day pocket money an asylum seeker receives costs the Austrian state around €3.4 million (£2.9 million) each month. Going through the numbers with the expert, the Austrian newspaper Krone comes to the staggering amount of €801.9 million (£685.5 million) just for basic care and the supply of a minimum income to refugees alone. There have been doubts for a long time in local media over whether the sum of €1 billion for the refugee crisis calculated by Austrian Finance Minister Schelling will be sufficient.

GETTY The government also provides over 100,000 with sustenance

With €801.9 million estimated as the cost per year, it is projected that the cost of refugees would be of around €2.2 million (£1.8 million) per day, or €91,540 per hour. Also, the €801.9 million sum is only for basic care and does not cover a number of other costs which might bring the real costs to well over a billion. Among these costs which have not been calculated are German language courses, payment of staff in asylum centres, police costs, border security, costs for additional immigration officials, army deployment and the construction of new facilities.

GETTY Further costs come from teaching migrants German, building facilities, and employing necessary staff