Merkel Boosts Refugee Funding as Europe Prepares Quotas
German Leaders Search for Answers as Refugees Pour In
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Chancellor Angela Merkel announced plans to spend an extra 6 billion euros ($6.7 billion) on refugees next year in Germany as European officials prepared a proposal to relocate thousands of migrants throughout the region.
Merkel said on Monday that Germany will add 3 billion euros to the 2016 federal budget and provide another 3 billion euros to states and municipalities to tackle Europe’s biggest refugee crisis since World War II. The chancellor said “it’s not entirely implausible” that her country will need an extra 10 billion euros in total next year.