Village of Hagenbuch spends thousands every month on one refugee family. Mother and seven children arrived from Eritrea, East Africa three years ago. They were granted five year visa and told they could live totally rent free. Four children were later placed in orphanage at cost of £24,000 every month
Family also receive monthly living allowance and entertainment bills are paid. Village now forced to raise taxes as family take one third of annual budget.
A village of just 1,000 residents in Switzerland has been forced to raise taxes because an African refugee and her seven children cost the local authority £40,000 in benefits every month.
Hagenbuch, in the Swiss canton of Zurich, is understood to be spending close to a third of its total annual budget on the family after they arrived from Eritrea in East Africa three years ago.
The massive benefits bill covers day-to-day living expenses such as groceries and cleaning costs, as well as paying for four of the woman’s children to be housed in an orphanage and even bills for general entertainment – such as guided tours of local attractions and entry fees for the zoo.
The Eritrean woman and her family arrived in Hagenbuch three years ago in possession of a visa allowing her to stay in Switzerland for five years, with the option to extend her stay beyond that date.
It is not known if the family had lived elsewhere in Switzerland before moving to the quiet village.
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