The Netherlands is spending about €3.5 billion/year supporting Ukraine (almost all military support). They're directly spending about €7 billion/year on non-Ukrainian refugees, and indirectly probably another €20 or €30 billion. Every Somalian is something like a €750,000 lifetime net cost to the taxpayer.
Ukrainian refugees are estimated to be a net benefit to the Netherlands, as the supermajority of them are working and pay significant taxes. Which is an incredibly fucked up incentive for the EU to drag this war out by refusing adequate military support... This is also helping far-left political parties hide the impact of their insane refugee policies, by including into their stats the contributions of white Ukrainian refugees.
The Netherlands is spending about €3.5 billion/year supporting Ukraine (almost all military support). They're directly spending about €7 billion/year on non-Ukrainian refugees, and indirectly probably another €20 or €30 billion. Every Somalian is something like a €750,000 lifetime net cost to the taxpayer.
Ukrainian refugees are estimated to be a net benefit to the Netherlands, as the supermajority of them are working and pay significant taxes. Which is an incredibly fucked up incentive for the EU to drag this war out by refusing adequate military support... This is also helping far-left political parties hide the impact of their insane refugee policies, by including into their stats the contributions of white Ukrainian refugees.