""The proportion of municipalities that see themselves in emergency mode and describe themselves as overburdened has visibly decreased to 11%," said Boris Kuhn from the Migration Policy Research Group at the University of Hildesheim. "At the same time, however, more than 70% of municipalities continue to say that the situation is challenging. It would therefore not be accurate to talk about a relaxed situation across the board," he added."
"The improvement is mainly due to the drop in the number of arrivals. Since the autumn of 2023, the number of people applying for asylum in Germany has fallen significantly. In 2023, 330,000 applications were made. A year later, there were 230,000 first-time applications. And in 2025, this had dropped to around 97,000 people. "Just under 50 percent of local authorities say that the accommodation situation has improved in the past year all federal states are seeing a similar trend, " says Kuhn."
Municipalities across Germany experienced severe strain from refugee influxes, particularly from Ukraine, prompting calls to curb migration and the frequent use of the term emergency mode. A survey of almost 900 municipalities shows some improvement: the share describing themselves as overburdened has fallen to 11%, though over 70% still call the situation challenging. The improvement follows a sharp drop in asylum applications from 330,000 in 2023 to around 97,000 in 2025. Just under half of local authorities report improved accommodation. Over four million people have arrived in Germany over the past decade, many lacking economic prospects.
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