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2mo ago

Germany’s Asylum Numbers Shift: Fewer Benefit Recipients as First-Time Claims Drop, Follow-Up Cases Rise

EU figures show a broader decline tied to changing origin patterns, with new arrivals from Ukraine set to receive lower-tier support under planned rules.

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Die Zahl der Menschen, die in Deutschland Asylbewerberleistungen empfangen, ist deutlich gesunken. Ende 2024 bezogen 461.000 Menschen Geld nach dem Asylbewerberleistungsgesetz, das waren zehn Prozent weniger als Ende 2023.

Overview

  • Official data show 461,000 people received regular asylum-seeker benefits at end-2024, about 10% fewer than a year earlier, with Turkey now the top country of origin ahead of Syria and Afghanistan.
  • Germany registered roughly 70,000 new asylum applications in the first half of 2025, placing it behind France and Spain as EU filings fell about 23% year on year.
  • EU analysts link the Europe-wide decline to shifts following political change in Syria, while Venezuela emerged as the leading origin for new applicants across the bloc.
  • Follow-up applications in Germany have surged since June and now account for more than half of filings, driven by a sharp rise among Afghan women after EU court guidance on gender-based persecution.
  • The federal government plans to move Ukrainians arriving after April 1, 2025 from Bürgergeld to lower asylum-benefit rates, with 2024 figures showing about 700,000 Ukrainians eligible for Bürgergeld and €6.3 billion paid out.