Finland has been using the formula: <br />(# of applicants granted asylum) * (average days spent in reception centre) * (costs per day in reception centre).<br />In the reporting, we use the average processing time of applications and because of that, we cannot ensure that all the applications are being processed in 12 months.<br />Estimation of an average daily cost per person for the time in the reception centres and an annual cost per refugee for the time in the municipalities. Depending on the average time spent in the reception centre, the expenditures per refugee is counted as a weighted average of these two, so there is no overlap.