A Federal Employment Agency evaluation found that nearly 38% of people who had received Germany’s basic income support for at least five years were foreign nationals, according to figures reported by Alex Jones Live on Oct. 13, 2026. The evaluation was released in response to a parliamentary inquiry.
The report also cited separate data indicating that 63.4% of people receiving welfare had a migration background. That category includes foreign nationals as well as German citizens with a migration background, so it is not equivalent to the share who are foreign nationals.
The source headline estimates a 2026 taxpayer cost of €21.2 billion, but the supplied text does not explain the basis for that estimate. It also does not provide the underlying datasets, the number of recipients, or details on the benefits included. Those figures therefore cannot be independently assessed from the available material.
