Berlin, Dhu-AlHijjah 15, 1436, September 29, 2015, SPA -- The German cabinet on Tuesday introduced legislation to tighten up its asylum legislation, allowing for more rapid processing of applicants and quicker decisions on the repatriation of migrants from the Balkans, as well as a supplementary budget running to billions of euros. The legislative package immediately drew criticism from a group of migration researchers as purely symbolic and ill-thought through. Bavarian Premier Horst Seehofer said 169,400 migrants had arrived in his southern German state since the beginning of September, with 10,000 arriving on Monday alone. The legislation, which is to be debated in the lower house, the Bundestag, as early as Thursday, comes as an average of 10,000 migrants are reported to be flowing into Germany every day, despite the introduction of border controls. Provision is also made for migrants to remain for longer in the initial reception centres and for them to be given goods in preference to cash. Immigration officials have reported that Balkan residents have been making the trip to Germany in the hope of receiving money while their applications were processed, even though they knew they had little chance of success. In certain cases the assistance provided can be significantly reduced, and payments will be for a month in advance at most. Asylum applicants with medical training will be allowed to assist in the reception centres. The laws also provide for integration courses for those likely to succeed in their applications and for bureaucracy surrounding building applications for refugee accommodation to be cut. The officials said the cabinet aimed to have the legislative package before the upper house, the Bundesrat, by mid-October, with the aim of having it go into force at the beginning of November. The cabinet said Germany's 16 states would receive 2 billion euros(2.2 billion dollars) this year to help cope with the costs, and 4 billion next year. --SPA 16:34 LOCAL TIME 13:34 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w