Number of asylum purposes fell considerably in 2025 | EUROtoday

According to a media report, the variety of asylum seekers in Germany fell considerably in 2025. Last yr there have been over 82,000 fewer asylum purposes than in 2024, as “Bild am Sonntag” studies in response to data from the Federal Ministry of the Interior. The variety of purposes fell from 250,945 to 168,543 preliminary and follow-up purposes – a lower of 32.8 %. In 2023 there have been nonetheless 351,915 purposes.

According to the newspaper, the Ministry of the Interior justifies the decreased numbers with the migration turnaround and rejections on the borders, the suspension of household reunification and the abolition of turbo naturalization. “We are organizing migration events with clarity and consistency. Anyone who is not entitled to protection should not come – anyone who becomes a criminal must leave. The clear signal from Germany that migration policy in Europe has changed has reached the world,” mentioned Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) to “Bild am Sonntag”.

Significantly fewer unauthorized entries

The whole variety of unauthorized entries registered by the Federal Police at Germany’s land, air and sea borders for the entire of 2025 – i.e. from January 1st to the tip of the yr – was 62,526, the bottom it has been in 4 years. In the earlier yr, 2024, the federal police registered 83,572 unauthorized entries; within the earlier yr there have been 127,549. In 2022 the quantity was 91,986, in 2021 it was considerably fewer at 57,637.