Posted on 10/19/2015 3:04:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The spiralling refugee crisis will cost Austria €1 billion ($740 million) in 2016, the finance ministry announced on Wednesday, as the country expects 85,000 new asylum-seekers by the end of this year.
Average spending per asylum-seeker is set to rise to €10,724 next year, up from €9,593 in 2014, according to the latest available figures.
The total cost will represent 0.3 percent of gross domestic product (GDP) compared to 0.1 percent this year, Finance Minister Hans Jörg Schelling said in his annual budget report to the European Commission.
Despite the extra burden, Austria's public deficit would nevertheless stay well below the European Union's prescribed ceiling of 3.0 percent of GDP, Schelling added.
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7.62mm NATO is cheap. Hirtenberger makes really good stuff.
EOM
It will most likely cost them their way of life. Jihad always starts with immigration. Always.
Imagine how much they’d save by not allowing any in.
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