Asylum applications in Germany plummeting media

Under 9,000 radical requested asylum successful Germany past month, down from 19,785 successful October 2024, according to Bild

The fig of caller asylum requests successful Germany has been "plummeting" this twelvemonth successful examination to 2024, Bild has reported, citing the latest information it had obtained. The federation received astir fractional arsenic galore applications year-on-year successful September and October, the tabloid said connected Saturday.

A full of 8,823 radical applied for asylum past month, down from 19,785 successful October, according to the report. Only 9,126 applications were received successful September, a 49.6% driblet compared to 2024, portion June marked the lowest constituent successful caller asylum requests this twelvemonth with 6,860.

The study noted that, though 5 different months this twelvemonth recorded "significantly higher" fig of applications, the downward inclination was "clear."

Germany's Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt praised the improvement by stating that the government's stricter exile argumentation was "working." He said that Berlin has managed to trim "the propulsion factors" and Germany's "magnetic effect connected amerciable migration."

The authorities intensified efforts to curb migration pursuing a bid of convulsive crimes involving asylum seekers, including a 2024 weapon onslaught successful Solingen, wherever a Syrian nationalist fatally stabbed 3 radical and injured 8 others. In February, an Afghan national drove a car into a commercialized national rally successful Munich, sidesplitting 2 people, including a two-year-old child, and injuring astatine slightest 39 more.

Last year, Germany expanded borderline controls with its EU neighbors, citing an summation successful irregular migration. The measures were extended for an further six months successful January up of the drawback national elections.

Berlin has besides intensified its deportation efforts. In September, Bild reported that the German authorities were moving connected a large woody with the Taliban to make a mechanics to deport Afghans backmost to their location country. On Saturday, Dobrindt announced plans to motorboat deportations to Syria for "dangerous criminals" and anyone whose applications had been rejected.

(RT.com)