Migrant crisis weighing on Germany's purse and elections

The migrant crisis will cost Germany €50bn by 2017, warns a new report, which will add to growing concern among ruling politicians only six weeks before regional elections in three federal states. Merkel is under increasing pressure to reduce the numbers of migrants with voters increasingly doubtful the state can tackle the refugee crisis. Although she has promised to reduce the number of arrivals this year, progress in dealing with the problem has been slow, and time is running out for EU officials to implement a joint approach before Europe's Schengen system of border less travel collapses, and possibly with it, the end the euro.

A new study by the German Economic Institute has projected that the cost of the migrant crisis will cost Germany at least $50billion by the end of 2017.

The German Economic Institute based it projection on feeding, educating, housing the one million migrants that have entered Germany last year.

It is expected that Angele Markel is planning a new tax for people to help reduce the cost.

Germany is already one of the most taxed countries in the modern world.

The curators of the study commented saying: ‘A critical review of expenditure is needed to avoid new and more debt.’

Tensions still remain high in many communities within Germany where migrants are being housed.

Police have now warned they fear that violence levels will likely rise as a result of the influx.

The German government have been heavily criticized for its handling of the migrant crisis, which saw over 1.1million migrants enter Germany within 2015.

Angela Merkel admitted last month that the refugee crisis was now out of control.

Study: http://www.diw.de/en

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