InfoMigrants
By
Marion MacGregor
Published on : 2021/06/09
The number of people seeking asylum in Germany has increased with the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Last month there were more than twice as many applicants as in the same period in 2020.
German authorities said this week that there were 8,278 new applications for asylum in May, with 950 follow-up applications. A year earlier, according to statistics published by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), the number of initial applications was significantly lower, at 3,777 applications. The rise is attributed to the lifting of restrictions which were in place during the first wave of the pandemic in 2020.