Fewer asylum applications – border controls remain in place for the time being
Fewer people applied for asylum in February than a year ago. Faeser hopes that the EU asylum reform will be implemented relatively quickly. She still believes internal border controls are necessary. The number of new asylum applications in Germany fell significantly in February. With 19,494 initial applications, the number was 18.9 percent lower than in […]
Traffic light argues about asylum and refugee policy
The municipalities are still overloaded due to the high number of asylum seekers, and the federal and state governments are at odds. Now what could help? There is hardly any topic that the federal government argues so passionately with the federal states about as refugee policy. This Wednesday, the heads of government of the federal […]
What do the federal and state governments want to change in migration policy?
When it comes to asylum policy, the federal and state governments share a common goal: to gain more control and better integrate refugees. Also so that critical citizens do not run into the arms of populists. The heads of government of the federal states invited Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) to their meeting in Berlin. They […]
Ukraine war in the news blog: Baerbock: Clear message to Putin
Foreign Minister Baerbock sends a clear message to dictator Putin. Meanwhile, fighting continues in eastern Ukraine. More information in the news blog. The most important things at a glanceLoading… Embed Humanitarian stay in Germany for around 2,000 Russian citizens 6 o’clock: Since Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine began two years ago, around 2,000 Russian […]
Inquiries at the radicalization advice center have increased
The number of concerned people who turn to the radicalization advice center almost doubled in 2023. The reason for this is the war in the Middle East, says the head of the office. Last year, significantly more people contacted the Radicalization Advice Center at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bamf) with questions about […]
Job centers sent 154,000 Ukrainians to integration courses
Integration courses are offered to foreigners. The job centers can also order participation for those receiving citizens’ benefit. A leading Union politician would like more pressure here. The job centers have sent around 234,300 people to the integration course since the beginning of 2023. Almost two thirds of them – around 154,000 women and men […]
Immigration in Germany at a record high in 2022
Net migration to Germany has reached its highest level since measurements began. The majority of immigrants come from Ukraine. For 2022, the German authorities have recorded the highest net immigration since migration statistics began in 1950. According to the 2022 migration report published on Wednesday by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bamf), 2.7 […]
50 percent more first-time asylum applications – Union calls for a change of course
More people have submitted an initial asylum application in 2023 than at any time since 2016. The federal government wants to further limit irregular migration. The opposition has doubts about the course. Around 329,000 people made an initial application for asylum in Germany last year – around 50 percent more than in the previous year, […]
Over 300,000 asylum applications since the beginning of the year
Many refugees come to Germany not only from Syria and Afghanistan. Tens of thousands have also come from a country much closer this year. In Germany, more than 300,000 people applied for asylum for the first time this year. This emerges from statistics published on Thursday by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bamf). […]
Migration policy: Union sees Scholz as a ball
The CDU and CSU are sticking to their criticism of the traffic light’s migration policy, but are still willing to talk about a joint approach with the federal government. CDU leader Friedrich Merz demanded in Deutschlandfunk’s “Interview of the Week” that asylum procedures and refugees had to be separated from those who wanted to enter […]
