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The number of refugees living in Germany rose by 4.1% to 3.3 million in 2024, official figures showed on Monday.<\/p>\n
Germany’s Central Register of Foreign Nationals (AZR) registered 132,000 more individuals living in the country with a protected status due to international law, humanitarian reasons or political persecution.<\/p>\n
The figures, published by the Federal Statistical Office, include those officially categorized as refugees, as well as those with limited protection status.<\/p>\n
Around 1 million Ukrainians live in Germany with a protected status, as well as 713,000 Syrians, 348,000 Afghans, 190,000 Iraqis and 157,000 Turks.<\/p>\n
Around 277,000 people from Africa have a protected status in Germany – of which around half come from East African countries such as Somalia, Ethiopia and Eritrea – in addition to only 22,000 from the Americas.<\/p>\n
According to the statisticians, refugees were on average just under 32 years old and have been living in Germany for around 6.5 years.<\/p>\n
Women made up 45% of the total, although 59% of Ukrainian refugees.<\/p>\n
Children and teenagers under the age of 18 formed 27% of the refugee population.<\/p>\n
While Ukrainians in Germany are on average 35 years old, Syrian and Afghan refugees were younger at 28 and 27 years on average respectively.<\/p>\n
The majority of refugees – 82% or 2.7 million people – had a valid residence permit, while 427,000 had an open status, meaning that a legally binding decision has not yet been made in their case.<\/p>\n
Some 171,000 are obliged to leave the country after seeing their applications rejected, of which 136,000 enjoy tolerated status – meaning they cannot be deported, because they are ill, have insufficient documents or due to other reasons.<\/p>\n
The issue of migration has been a major theme in German politics for many years.<\/p>\n
Chancellor Friedrich Merz’s new government has sought to impose harsher measures, including turning away asylum seekers at the border and limiting family reunification for some categories of refugees.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n