US EditionGermany Sees Sharp Drop in Asylum Applications in August
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According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, 7,800 people in Germany applied for asylum - 60 percent less than in the same month of the previous year.
Germany sees sharp drop in asylum applications in August
BERLIN: Asylum applications in Germany fell by almost 60 percent in August compared with the same month last year as the government pursued a crackdown on migration, interior ministry figures showed on Tuesday. A total of 7,803 people applied for asylum for the first time in August, compared with 18,427 last year, the ministry said, confirming figures first published by the
The number of asylum applications has been falling for months. In August there were 7,803 people applying for asylum, more than 18,000 in the same month last year.
In Germany, fewer and fewer people apply for asylum. As the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees confirms to the ARD-Hauptstadtstudio, it was almost 60 percent less in August than in the previous year. The reasons are diverse. By Björn Dake.
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