Migration flows Migration across Germany's borders, by selected citizenships and months

Provisional results

Arrivals in the last 12 months¹
Citizenship	Year 2026²		Year 2025²
Citizenship	February	January	December	November	October	September	August	July	June	May	April	March
Total	104,412	111,243	88,957	114,330	156,393	164,113	127,289	123,186	110,634	107,939	119,873	127,188
of which
German	13,783	15,434	13,032	13,402	15,536	17,900	18,427	20,148	17,401	14,680	15,113	15,005
EU-Citizenship
Total	36,453	37,889	21,036	32,441	45,554	51,427	38,057	37,347	36,173	36,282	36,539	42,741
including
Bulgarian	3,783	3,850	2,693	3,564	4,382	4,897	3,534	3,334	3,450	3,242	3,728	4,219
French	769	859	435	661	1,506	2,051	1,192	827	731	741	1,022	1,043
Greek	1,049	1,168	934	1,307	1,659	1,531	1,064	1,033	1,057	1,093	1,108	1,301
Italian	3,072	2,412	1,485	2,189	3,931	3,840	2,390	2,149	2,414	2,425	3,038	3,959
Croatian	762	941	554	808	1,035	1,176	761	896	878	950	945	1,123
Polish	4,438	4,724	2,581	4,152	5,253	5,899	5,102	5,768	5,307	5,056	5,103	6,267
Portuguese	746	678	432	600	917	1,030	730	703	654	623	682	874
Romanian	15,006	15,494	7,118	11,944	16,064	18,183	13,870	13,981	14,113	15,038	13,021	15,381
Spanish	1,297	1,495	927	1,611	2,625	3,407	1,847	1,557	1,305	1,270	1,434	1,548
Hungarian	1,632	1,842	1,076	1,768	2,176	2,476	2,186	2,390	2,124	1,987	2,180	2,353
Non-EU-Citizenship
Total	54,178	57,917	54,887	68,487	95,303	94,784	70,804	65,691	57,060	56,977	68,220	69,444
including
Afghan	2,217	1,906	2,716	2,021	1,943	2,178	2,263	2,119	1,735	2,347	2,698	2,906
Albanian	1,556	1,438	1,094	1,575	1,751	1,952	1,421	1,578	1,362	1,433	1,489	1,762
Chinese	1,104	1,480	1,338	1,947	4,330	3,465	1,975	1,460	1,192	1,301	1,879	1,865
Indian	3,509	3,635	3,929	5,353	9,520	6,366	3,624	3,168	3,420	4,472	6,993	5,590
Kosovar	2,676	2,596	1,713	2,213	2,270	2,601	1,940	1,788	1,990	2,020	2,100	2,302
Serbian	1,486	1,579	1,034	1,451	1,538	1,696	1,373	1,374	1,349	1,294	1,439	1,600
Syrian	2,717	2,982	2,916	2,971	3,545	3,729	3,771	4,607	3,722	4,036	4,271	4,330
Turkish	4,558	4,728	4,265	5,199	7,842	6,524	5,252	5,679	5,012	4,769	5,937	5,301
Ukrainian	10,921	11,757	14,448	19,651	24,869	24,823	16,592	15,419	11,785	10,391	10,382	11,580
Vietnamese	1,493	1,847	1,744	2,087	2,190	2,656	2,515	1,944	1,910	1,739	1,966	1,946

Departures in the last 12 months¹
Citizenship	Year 2026²		Year 2025²
Citizenship	February	January	December	November	October	September	August	July	June	May	April	March
Total	104,042	102,148	109,123	94,487	105,945	117,472	124,367	118,627	103,043	92,420	96,079	103,931
of which
German	22,872	25,174	25,629	20,922	24,502	28,892	31,314	27,295	23,269	20,317	22,024	25,033
EU-Citizenship
Total	39,570	38,679	48,542	38,175	41,363	45,215	48,214	48,086	40,606	36,209	37,209	38,858
including
Bulgarian	4,238	4,361	5,033	4,509	5,022	5,261	5,110	5,124	4,744	4,469	4,552	4,950
French	874	814	1,371	582	772	916	1,539	1,623	871	571	531	666
Greek	1,468	1,469	1,740	1,139	1,388	1,667	1,479	1,724	1,416	1,288	1,370	1,432
Italian	3,098	2,630	3,936	2,883	3,629	3,293	3,238	3,145	2,415	2,115	2,273	2,770
Croatian	1,595	1,628	2,467	1,488	1,776	2,041	2,110	2,303	1,950	1,703	1,777	1,788
Polish	6,242	6,458	7,388	6,073	6,219	7,104	7,874	7,185	6,324	5,462	5,828	5,867
Portuguese	668	679	844	539	661	740	757	752	592	476	504	628
Romanian	12,785	12,790	15,944	14,262	14,400	15,793	16,297	16,606	14,667	13,709	14,145	13,581
Spanish	1,721	1,496	1,950	1,098	1,242	1,518	1,922	2,113	1,423	1,131	1,064	1,224
Hungarian	2,469	2,053	2,598	2,056	2,308	2,262	2,565	2,339	2,199	1,878	1,902	2,053
Non-EU-Citizenship
Total	41,600	38,296	34,952	35,389	40,084	43,366	44,839	43,246	39,168	35,894	36,846	40,038
includin
Afghan	853	1,065	912	1,147	1,220	1,202	1,168	1,133	1,097	1,110	1,090	1,050
Albanian	596	623	653	708	770	782	684	670	669	745	711	772
Chinese	1,864	1,553	1,236	1,062	1,255	1,593	1,842	1,708	1,273	1,095	1,048	1,243
Indian	1,977	1,841	1,697	1,756	1,693	1,856	1,866	1,719	1,717	1,590	1,632	1,938
Kosovar	781	757	828	719	803	1,025	853	943	785	774	725	919
Serbian	1,165	1,096	1,204	1,027	1,178	1,208	1,162	1,117	1,050	1,073	1,202	1,297
Syrian	2,688	2,718	2,252	2,462	2,980	3,042	2,796	2,482	2,395	2,190	2,474	2,524
Turkish	4,221	3,893	3,273	3,580	3,799	4,518	4,303	4,237	3,782	3,472	3,601	3,680
Ukrainian	8,034	7,143	6,654	7,433	8,590	8,964	8,835	8,467	8,530	8,181	8,570	8,990
Vietnamese	567	612	399	338	398	501	499	423	451	305	292	332

Net migration in the last 12 months¹
Citizenship	Year 2026²		Year 2025²
Citizenship	February	January	December	November	October	September	August	July	June	May	April	March
1: Provisional results. The selection of the TOP 10 EU and Non-EU-Citizenships was based on the TOP 10 arrivals of the annual results 2025. 2: Deviations in the amounts are possible due to statistical confidentiality. More detailed results can be found in the (GENESIS-Online) database. Source: migration statistics.
Total	+370	+9,095	-20,166	+19,843	+50,448	+46,641	+2,922	+4,559	+7,591	+15,519	+23,794	+23,257
of which
German	-9,089	-9,740	-12,597	-7,520	-8,966	-10,992	-12,887	-7,147	-5,868	-5,637	-6,911	-10,028
EU-Citizenship
Total	-3,117	-790	-27,506	-5,734	+4,191	+6,212	-10,157	-10,739	-4,433	+73	-670	+3,883
including
Bulgarian	-455	-511	-2,340	-945	-640	-364	-1,576	-1,790	-1,294	-1,227	-824	-731
French	-105	+45	-936	+79	+734	+1,135	-347	-796	-140	+170	+491	+377
Greek	-419	-301	-806	+168	+271	-136	-415	-691	-359	-195	-262	-131
Italian	-26	-218	-2,451	-694	+302	+547	-848	-996	-1	+310	+765	+1,189
Croatian	-833	-687	-1,913	-680	-741	-865	-1,349	-1,407	-1,072	-753	-832	-665
Polish	-1,804	-1,734	-4,807	-1,921	-966	-1,205	-2,772	-1,417	-1,017	-406	-725	+400
Portuguese	+78	-1	-412	+61	+256	+290	-27	-49	+62	+147	+178	+246
Romanian	+2,221	+2,704	-8,826	-2,318	+1,664	+2,390	-2,427	-2,625	-554	+1,329	-1,124	+1,800
Spanish	-424	-1	-1,023	+513	+1,383	+1,889	-75	-556	-118	+139	+370	+324
Hungarian	-837	-211	-1,522	-288	-132	+214	-379	+51	-75	+109	+278	+300
Non-EU-Citizenship
Total	+12,578	+19,621	+19,935	+33,098	+55,219	+51,418	+25,965	+22,445	+17,892	+21,083	+31,374	+29,406
including
Afghan	+1,364	+841	+1,804	+874	+723	+976	+1,095	+986	+638	+1,237	+1,608	+1,856
Albanian	+960	+815	+441	+867	+981	+1,170	+737	+908	+693	+688	+778	+990
Chinese	-760	-73	+102	+885	+3,075	+1,872	+133	-248	-81	+206	+831	+622
Indian	+1,532	+1,794	+2,232	+3,597	+7,827	+4,510	+1,758	+1,449	+1,703	+2,882	+5,361	+3,652
Kosovar	+1,895	+1,839	+885	+1,494	+1,467	+1,576	+1,087	+845	+1,205	+1,246	+1,375	+1,383
Serbian	+321	+483	-170	+424	+360	+488	+211	+257	+299	+221	+237	+303
Syrian	+29	+264	+664	+509	+565	+687	+975	+2,125	+1,327	+1,846	+1,797	+1,806
Turkish	+337	+835	+992	+1,619	+4,043	+2,006	+949	+1,442	+1,230	+1,297	+2,336	+1,621
Ukrainian	+2,887	+4,614	+7,794	+12,218	+16,279	+15,859	+7,757	+6,952	+3,255	+2,210	+1,812	+2,590
Vietnamese	+926	+1,235	+1,345	+1,749	+1,792	+2,155	+2,016	+1,521	+1,459	+1,434	+1,674	+1,614

As at 22 May 2026

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