Number of decisions about asylum applications in Germany 2015-2025

Published by Statista Research Department, May 6, 2025

84,269 decisions about asylum applications filed in Germany have been reached in 2025 thus far. Numbers fluctuated during the given time period, peaking in 2016 and 2017.

Number of decisions about asylum applications in Germany from 2015 to 2025

CharacteristicNumber of decisions
2025* 84,269
2024 301,350
2023 261,601
2022 228,673
2021 149,954
2020 145,071
2019 183,954
2018 216,873
2017 603,428
2016 695,733
2015 282,726
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Release date

April 2025

Region

Germany

Survey time period

2015 to 2025*

Special properties

First and following applications

Supplementary notes

* Data for 2025 refers to January to March.

Possible decisions:
-Legal refugee status
Subsidiary protection
-Determination of a deportation ban
Rejection
-Other proceedings with a formal decision (according to the source, these take place without further examination of the asylum claims, for example stopping a process due to an application withdrawal by the asylum applicant or rejection of an application for continuing a further procedure for granting the right of asylum).
The data show the sum of first and formal decisions regarding first-time and subsequent applications without withdrawal examination and retrials.

BAMF = Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (Federal Office for Migration and Refugees).

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