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Germany Reports 32.8% Drop in 2025 Asylum Applications as Unauthorized Entries Fall to Four-Year Low

The Interior Ministry credits a policy shift it calls a 'Migrationswende,' citing tougher border enforcement and limits on family reunification.

Bundesinnenminister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU)
Im vergangenen Jahr sind in Deutschland deutlich weniger Asylanträge gestellt worden. 2025 gingen Asylanträge um mehr als 82.000 und damit um gut ein Drittel zurück, wie die "Bild am Sonntag" unter Berufung auf das Bundesinnenministerium berichtete.
Ist das jetzt die Migrationswende? Die Asylzahlen sind 2025 deutlich gesunken.
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Overview

  • Germany recorded 168,543 first- and follow-up asylum applications in 2025, down from 250,945 in 2024, according to Interior Ministry figures reported by Bild am Sonntag.
  • Federal police registered 62,526 unauthorized entries at land, air and sea borders in 2025, compared with 83,572 in 2024 and 127,549 in 2023, the lowest tally in four years.
  • Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt presented the data as evidence that the government's 'Migrationswende' has curbed arrivals.
  • Officials attribute the decline to measures including pushbacks at borders, suspension of family reunification and the end of fast‑track naturalization.
  • The 2025 totals extend a retreat from the 2023 peak of 351,915 asylum applications, with Bundespolizei statistics used to corroborate the downward trend.