Overview

• The DIW reports that 63.7% of people who fled to Germany were below the low‑income threshold in 2022.
• The share peaked near 70% in 2020 and has eased since then, which the institute links to increasing labor‑market integration.
• Employed refugees are most often in low‑paid, part‑time or mini‑jobs, which limits income gains.
• Other immigrants and their children face elevated low‑income risk at about 25%, versus roughly 12–13% for people without a migration background.
• The study applies the 60%‑of‑median benchmark (€1,419 per month for a single person in 2022) and notes the foreign population has more than doubled to about 14 million since 2010 as the national low‑income rate has stagnated since 2019.