Overview
- The Bundespolizei counted 62,526 unauthorized entries in 2025, down from 83,572 in 2024 and 127,549 in 2023.
- From May 8 to year‑end, officers recorded 33,338 cases at land borders and turned back 24,400 people, detained 1,065 suspected smugglers, and arrested 5,906 people on warrants.
- Under the tighter regime, some asylum‑seekers were refused entry, with 242 people allowed to lodge claims due to vulnerable status and nearly 1,200 blocked as arriving from safe third states.
- Since controls expanded on September 16, 2024, police logged 67,918 illegal entries, returned or pushed back 46,426 people, prevented 2,513 entries due to re‑entry bans, and arrested 1,945 suspected smugglers.
- Checks cover all nine land borders with neighboring countries, and the government has prolonged the temporary controls to March 15, 2026.