For all recipients of citizen benefits, not just families, approximately one-third of Germans in this category have roots abroad but hold German passports. This data emerged from a Federal Employment Agency report published in November.
Interestingly, the trend reveals a stark reversal from 2010 when German families made up 71% of child-receiving benefit households, while foreign families represented just 29%. Today, foreign families also tend to have larger households, with 71.3% having three or more children, significantly outpacing German families in this regard.
In July, approximately 5.5 million people in Germany received citizen benefits. Of these, 48% were foreigners, while another 15.5% had a migration background. Only 36.5% were classified as bio-Germans.
The figures, drawn from a Federal Government response to a query by the AfD parliamentary group, underscore the evolving demographics of social welfare in Germany.
