The Federal Ministry of the Interior presented its annual figures for 2024 on 24 January 2025: There were 13,307 removals and 24,941 asylum applications in 2024. There were around 60,000 asylum applications in 2023 and more than 110,000 in 2022.
This means that the number of asylum applications fell by 58% compared to 2023 and 80% compared to 2022. On average there were 36 people returned per day, with a total of 13,307 people in 2024, representing an increase of 3.2% compared to the previous year.
The Federal Ministry observed that 45% of people who were forcibly removed had committed at least one criminal offence.