Austria and Germany spend billions of euros annually on social assistance for immigrants who, due to a lack of work permits or for other reasons, have not sufficiently integrated into the host country’s labor market and are therefore not economically self-sufficient. The assistance system is highly complex. In addition to the funds spent directly on individuals—housing allowance, basic medical care, integration programs, language courses, and other services—significant resources are also consumed by administrative procedures, transportation, and border control. The vast majority of these expenditures are spent on arrivals from 3–4 countries of origin. Critics argue that the federal government’s spending in this area lacks sufficient transparency.
The full text of the analysis in Hungarian is available here.
