It's exactly 250 € per child. If you are sustaining your life expenses yourself, it's just a small fraction of your tax money you get back. Fake asylum seekrs don't pay anything, hey just get support and procreate. They are a financial net negative for the society.
The system as is is encouraging the wrong kind of children, where children are assets for non-working, and a liability for working people.
First thing I would do to fix this is to remove child support handouts in cash. I would make it a tax credit instead, so only people who do productive work and pay taxes would get tax benefits.
You are not wrong there, but let me remind you that Germany has had a fertility rate lower than replacement since 1970. I don't think disincentivising anyone would be the way to go.
> the wrong kind of children
this is a disturbing phrase
“Get government benefits and mooch off the dole” just doesn’t sound like a realistic portrayal of an asylum seeker, whether real or just for economic opportunity. Germany might be different, but I know in America all our immigrants are crazy hardworking.