The variety of refugees residing in Germany rose by 4.1% to three.3 million in 2024, official figures confirmed on Monday.
Germany’s Central Register of Overseas Nationals (AZR) registered 132,000 extra people residing within the nation with a protected standing resulting from worldwide regulation, humanitarian causes or political persecution.
The figures, printed by the Federal Statistical Workplace, embody these formally categorized as refugees, in addition to these with restricted safety standing.
Round 1 million Ukrainians stay in Germany with a protected standing, in addition to 713,000 Syrians, 348,000 Afghans, 190,000 Iraqis and 157,000 Turks.
Round 277,000 individuals from Africa have a protected standing in Germany – of which round half come from East African international locations akin to Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea – along with solely 22,000 from the Americas.
In accordance with the statisticians, refugees have been on common just below 32 years outdated and have been residing in Germany for round 6.5 years.
Girls made up 45% of the full, though 59% of Ukrainian refugees.
Kids and youngsters beneath the age of 18 fashioned 27% of the refugee inhabitants.
Whereas Ukrainians in Germany are on common 35 years outdated, Syrian and Afghan refugees have been youthful at 28 and 27 years on common respectively.
Nearly all of refugees – 82% or 2.7 million individuals – had a legitimate residence allow, whereas 427,000 had an open standing, which means {that a} legally binding determination has not but been made of their case.
Some 171,000 are obliged to go away the nation after seeing their purposes rejected, of which 136,000 take pleasure in tolerated standing – which means they can’t be deported, as a result of they’re unwell, have inadequate paperwork or resulting from different causes.
The problem of migration has been a significant theme in German politics for a few years.
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s new authorities has sought to impose harsher measures, together with turning away asylum seekers on the border and limiting household reunification for some classes of refugees.
