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 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, with ...

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.

Even after the fall of ruler Bashar al-Assad, Syria remains the top country of origin for people applying for asylum in ...

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 largest number of asylum-seekers came from Syria, with 104,561 applications, followed by Turkish citizens with 62,624 asylum pleas and 53,582 Afghans, Germany's Federal Office for Migration ...

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

Syrians Anas Alharerei, 26, and Hanan Baghdadhi, 48, at the SV Blau Weiss '90 sport club in Neustadt an der Orla, Germany, where they work under a pilot program for asylum seekers.