Irregular immigration curbed, Germany's outgoing government says

Germany's outgoing government claims success over irregular immigration

Germany's interior minister claimed success for her outgoing government in efforts to curb irregular immigration, saying deportations were up and asylum claims down in an apparent centre-left pitch to be part of the next ruling coalition.

Irregular immigration curbed, Germany’s outgoing government says

BERLIN: Germany’s interior minister claimed victory for her outgoing government in its battle against irregular immigration, saying deportations were up and asylum claims down in an apparent center-left pitch to be part of the next ruling coalition. Nancy Faeser, a Social Democrat, remains as acting minister until her party and the election-winning conservatives agree on a new

Germany's interior minister credits border controls for lowest migration figures since COVID-19

The annual number of asylum applications dropped by a third in 2024 to 213,000 compared to the year before, she said.

The hard border controls work! In the coalition negotiations, the Union and the SPD (still) argue about migration and border controls.

77 percent more work visas, fluctuating numbers in asylum applications: The Federal Minister of the Interior has presented current figures on the migration policy of the traffic light government.

Since September, the Federal Police have been carrying out controls at all German external borders. The number of illegal crossings continues to decline.