Exploding costs
Overtime at border controls, police cost millions
The border controls in Germany, which have been in effect for almost a year, have their price: emergency services are increasing overtime and the federal government has to pay a high bill. What exactly for?
According to government information, the controls introduced in mid -September cost a total of 80.5 million euros by the end of June, with the overtime of the officials making the largest share in the costs. This emerges from a response from the Federal Ministry of the Interior at the request of the left faction in the Bundestag, which is available to the daily newspapers of the Funke Mediengruppe (Thursday).
Accordingly, the additional costs for the use of the federal police were between 24 and 29.1 million euros per quarter.
The costs of German border controls
From April to the end of June of this year, according to the Interior Ministry, the federal government paid eight million euros for the catering of the officials and the accommodation in hotels, almost three million cost “service at unfavorable times” during this time. The officials also used 2.6 million euros for “leadership and resources” and deployed almost two million euros for the operation of the border stations.
However, the federal police arise the largest post by the “all -off remuneration”, ie overtime. From mid -September 2024 to the end of June 2025, EUR 37.9 million would cost additional costs.
The Federal Government had again introduced controls at all German borders in September and justified this with the necessary containment of irregular migration. Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) announced a few days ago to extend the controls again. There will be both controls and rejections beyond September, he said. According to the authorities, up to 14,000 federal police officers are now in use at the German national borders.
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Source: Stern
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