Overview

• About 9,100 people lodged initial applications in September 2025, compared with 18,113 a year earlier.
• Filings rose from roughly 7,800 in August, a seasonal pattern linked to weather and routes.
• Nearly 10,800 people submitted follow-up applications, driven in part by legal shifts favoring some Afghan women.
• Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt ordered turnbacks of most asylum seekers and intensified border checks on May 7, with exceptions for vulnerable groups.
• Reporting also cites changing migration routes and Syria’s post-Assad landscape as factors in the downturn.