Germany passed a new rule that gives asylum seekers part of their government payments on a plastic card instead of in cash to prevent transfer of the money outside the country.

The number of asylum applications in Germany fell significantly last year, according to figures released on Thursday by Germany's Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF). In 2024, a total ...

The number of new asylum applications in Germany has dropped significantly in the first quarter of 2024 compared to the same period last year, new figures showed. Between January and March, 65,419 ...

The number of people applying for asylum in Germany rose to 351,915 in 2023. The surge in migration has become a significant political challenge for the government.

Erdina Laca, a 45-year-old asylum seeker, shows her special payment card in front of a grocery store, in Eichsfeld, Germany, Wednesday, April 24, 2024.

BERLIN — The number of people applying for asylum in Germany last year rose to 351,915, an increase of 51.1% compared with the year before. The largest number of asylum-seekers came from Syria ...

The German government on Thursday announced a proposed package of tighter security and asylum measures following a deadly stabbing spree linked to Islamic State that has fuelled far-right ...

NEUSTADT AN DER ORLA, Germany — After a decade of backlash over a historic influx of asylum seekers, mostly from the Middle East, some localities in Germany are experimenting with low-paid ...

A court ruling that Germany could not simply return to Poland three asylum seekers who entered the country in May dealt a blow to the signature migration policy of Chancellor Friedrich Merz's new ...

As Germany's Friedrich Merz gets closer to becoming chancellor, many asylum seekers live in fear of what his promised crackdown on irregular immigration will mean for them.

EICHSFELD, Germany (AP) — When Erdina Laca goes grocery shopping in Eichsfeld these days, she pulls out a special payment card that’s for asylum-seekers only.