"The Migration Turnaround Is Effective: Number of Asylum Applications in Germany Falls to Four-Year Low

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The Federal Office for Migration reports a 13.1 percent decrease in the number of first asylum applications compared to the previous month. Interior Minister Dobrindt sees this as the first effect of his policy.

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From January to May 2025, 54,000 initial applications for protection were submitted in Germany, half as many as in spring 2024. Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) attributes this decline to his "migration turnaround".

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Less than four weeks after the adoption of the government, two amendments to the residence law are discussed in the Bundestag, which are an important part of the policy change in migration policy. In the first paragraph of the residence law, which defines the objectives of the residence law, in addition to the "controlling", the "limiting of immigration" is now resumed. This makes it clear that the right of residence should serve not only the co…