"Germany saw a sharp drop in asylum applications last year, with first-time requests plunging to 113,236 in 2025, according to the Interior Ministry. That is less than half the previous year's total of 229,751 and almost a third of the 329,120 asylum requests filed in 2023. Stricter migration policy in Germany The decline comes as Germany's conservative-led government tightened migration policies and stepped up border checks. Measures include border rejections, refusal to admit family members, scrapping fast-track citizenship applications, and increasing migrant returns."
""The clear signal from Germany, that migration policy in Europe has changed, has reached the rest of the world," Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said. "Those who have no claim to protection should not come; those who become offenders must leave," Dobrindt added. The ministry said deportations also rose by around 20% in 2025. But in his New Year's message, Chancellor Friederich Merz indicated the doors are not completely closed to those seeking asylum."
First-time asylum requests in Germany fell to 113,236 in 2025, down from 229,751 in 2024 and 329,120 in 2023. The conservative-led government tightened migration policy, stepped up border checks, and implemented measures including border rejections, refusal of family reunification, ending fast-track citizenship applications, and increasing returns. Deportations rose by around 20% in 2025. The government said it will expand legal migration channels while closing illegal routes and emphasized balancing humanity with order. Experts also cite external factors such as the fall of Syria's Bashar Assad and a German-supported return program reducing Syrian asylum seekers.
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