Half of all German welfare recipients are of a migrant background

An article in Die Welt discusses the massive burden that migration places upon the German welfare system. A German Federal Employment Agency (BA) reports shows that there has been a 69% increase in welfare recipients of 'non German' background in the last 8 years.

Who would have thought that allowing millions of unvetted, illiterate, unskilled and unemployable people into an economy would have negative effects on the welfare system?

Oddly enough, there are 259,000 Turkish welfare recipients. The 'gastarbeiters' (guest workers) don't actually work. 

Note: 

• the welfare numbers do not include asylum seekers who are still waiting for a final decision on their welfare claim.
• the welfare numbers might not include asylum seekers who have been denied asylum but who are still receiving some form of benefits