Refugees will repay EU spending almost twice over in five years - report

``... refugees are unlikely to decrease wages or raise unemployment for native workers, Legrain says, citing past studies by labour economists. Most significantly, Legrain calculates that while the absorption of so many refugees will increase public debt by almost €69bn (£54bn) between 2015 and 2020, during the same period refugees will help GDP grow by €126.6bn -- a ratio of almost two to one.''