More than €100 billion has been spent across the EU on accommodating and receiving immigrants
55% confidence
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No primary EU source (Eurostat, European Commission, ECB) publishes a single aggregated figure for total EU-wide spending on migrant accommodation and reception; the €100 billion can only be inferred by summing national and EU-level expenditures.
The German figure cited (€24.8–29.7 billion/year) covers 'refugee and migration-related services', a broader category than strictly 'accommodation and reception', so the metric is not an exact match.
The claim does not specify a reference period, making a precise comparison impossible; it appears to be a cumulative multi-year figure.
EU-level instruments referenced (e.g. AMIF/NRP plans of about €12 billion; the proposed 2028-2034 migration envelope of about €26 billion) cover multi-year cycles and include border management and returns, not only reception.
Sources
SecondaryInfoMigrantsGermany's federal government spent 24.8 billion euros (28.5 billion USD) on refugee and migration-related services in 2025, marking a decline of 3.2 billion euros compared with the previous year — implying about 28 billion euros in 2024 — according to a report by Politico citing the Federal Ministry of Finance's annual refugee cost report.
SecondaryStatista (citing German federal budget data)In 2023, the federal government's costs for refugees and asylum in Germany totaled around 29.7 billion euros. The largest cost item was social transfer payments following asylum procedures at 11.8 billion euros.
SecondaryECRE (European Council on Refugees and Exiles) Policy Paper 16EUR 12 billion for asylum, migration and integration implemented via National and Regional Partnership (NRP) Plans [compared to EUR 10.94 billion ...]; EUR 2.28 billion for the EU Agency for Asylum compared with EUR 1.36 billion in the current budget.
SecondaryEurope Must ActOf the total €74 billion earmarked in the MFF 'to make Europe safer and more secure', €26 billion will be dedicated to migration management, including issues related to reception of asylum seekers and other non-border related issues.