migration
Around 329,000 initial asylum applications in 2023 – increase by 50 percent
With more than 104,000 asylum applications since the beginning of the year, Syria was the country of origin with the most access. photo
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The number of asylum applications has increased in Germany – around 329,000 initial applications were made in 2023 compared to the previous year, supplemented by 23,000 follow-up applications.
During the same period, the Federal Office decided on more than 260,000 asylum applications. Around half of the people were granted protection status. The applications of almost 62,000 people were rejected, and almost 65,000 procedures were stopped for various reasons – for example because the asylum application was withdrawn.
According to Bamf information, almost 23,000 of all initial applications in 2023 concerned children under one year old born in Germany. With more than 104,000 asylum applications since the beginning of the year, Syria was the country of origin with the most access, putting it ahead of Turkey (62,624) and Afghanistan (53,582).
Last year, the process for initial and subsequent applications took an average of 6.8 months. The number of pending cases was almost 240,000 at the end of December.