(MENAFN- Saudi Press Agency) BERLIN Dhu-AlQa'dah 17 1436 September 01 2015 SPA -- The German economy has room to accommodate refugees the labor minister said Tuesday but the government will need to spend billions of extra euros (dollars) to cover language courses benefits and their integration into the labor market.
Labor Minister Andrea Nahles' comments came after official data underlined the strength of Europe's biggest economy showing the national unemployment rate at 6.4 percent in August. That compares with higher jobless rates in many other European countries topping 20 percent in Greece and Spain.
Next year Germany will have to spend an extra 1.8 billion to 3.3 billion euros ($2 billion to $3.7 billion) to cover those costs Nahles said. That figure is expected to rise to 7 billion euros ($7.9 billion) by 2019.
--SPA
16:03 LOCAL TIME 13:03 GMT
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