(Local) Last year, 111,094 people applied for asylum in Germany — a drop of 14.3 percent compared to the previous year.
Government figures show 8,534 fewer applications for asylum were submitted in 2019 than in the previous year when 129,628 claims were made.
The Interior Ministry said the number of asylum seekers in Germany had decreased for the third year in a row. “This shows that the measures taken in recent years by the government are effective against unregulated immigration,” Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said.
The figures focus on “cross-border asylum applications” — these are people who apply for asylum after entering Germany. Most of the applicants come from Syria (26,453 applications). The countries of origin Iraq (10,894 applications) and Turkey (10,275 applications) are almost equal in terms of the figures. Iran follows with 7,778 applications.
