The number of applications from refugees in Germany is on the rise again. This is reported by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). It has accepted 150,166 initial applications for the first half of this year (2022: 84,583). This represents an increase of 77.5 per cent, according to the BAMF.
With 43,532, most of the initial applications came from people from Syria. The vast majority of them are allowed to stay in Germany. Afghanistan follows in second place (27,310 initial applications). In the first half of 2023, 5966 people from Iran and 5669 from Iraq submitted initial applications. More than two thirds of the asylum seekers are male.
The BAMF expects a total of around 324,000 applications this year. By comparison, applications peaked at 477,000 in 2015 and 745,00 in 2016. In the Corona years from 2020 onwards, the numbers dropped significantly. In addition, there are around one million refugees from Ukraine living in Germany. They are not included in the BAMF figures because they do not have to apply for asylum.
More details at https://www.bamf.de/SharedDocs/Meldungen/DE/2023/230707-asylgeschaeftsstatistik-juni-2023.html?nn=284830
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Im Ortsteil Derendingen in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg, gibt es eine Erstunterkunft für geflüchtete Menschen. Foto: tünews INTERNATIONAL / Mostafa Elyasian.
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