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Press release No. 276 of 18 July 2019 Increase in registered people seeking protection stabilised at 6% in 2018
Just under 1.8 million people seeking protection were registered in the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR) on 31 December 2018. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of people seeking protection who were registered …
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Press release No. 203 of 29 May 2019 Naturalisations in 2018: special Brexit effect seems to have weakened
In 2018, 112,300 foreigners obtained the German citizenship. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of naturalisations of British citizens was down from 7,500 in 2017 to 6,600. This might indicate a weakening of the …
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Press release No. 149 of 15 April 2019 High growth rates of labour migration
At the end of 2018, roughly 10.9 million people with only foreign citizenship were covered in the Central Register of Foreigners. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this figure included approximately 266,000 foreigners from …
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Press release No. 457 of 23 November 2018 Number of registered people seeking protection up 5% in 2017 on a year earlier
1.7 million people seeking protection were registered in the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR) on 31 December 2017. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that the number of people seeking protection registered in the AZR rose by …
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Press release No. 329 of 5 September 2018 German is the language largely spoken in most households with a migrant background
In most multi-person households (56%) where at least one person had a migrant background the language largely spoken was German in 2017. A person has a migrant background if he or she or at least one parent did not acquire German citizenship by …
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Press release No. 282 of 1 August 2018 Year-on-year increase of 4.4% in the population with a migrant background in 2017
In 2017, approximately 19.3 million people in Germany had a migrant background. Based on the results of the microcensus, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a 4.4% increase compared with a year earlier. A person has a …
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Press release No. 181 of 23 May 2018 1.7% increase in naturalisations in 2017
Roughly 112,200 foreigners became naturalised German citizens in 2017. This was the highest number since 2013. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was an increase of just over 1,800, or 1.7%, compared with a year earlier.
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Press release No. 137 of 12 April 2018
Information on press release 133/18 of 12 April 2018 - PLEASE NOTE -
Foreign population stood at 10.6 million in 2017
Please consider the following when interpreting the number of people with only foreign citizenship in the Central Register of Foreigners as published today: it is correct that the change in the number of foreigners registered in the Central Register …
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Press release No. 133 of 12 April 2018 Foreign population increased by 5.8% in 2017
At the end of 2017, roughly 10.6 million people with only foreign citizenship were covered in the Central Register of Foreigners. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of registered foreigners rose by roughly 585,000, or …
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Press release No. 088 of 13 March 2018 Migration 2016: net immigration into Germany at 500,000
The number of people who immigrated to Germany exceeded the number of those who emigrated by roughly 500,000 in 2016. In 2015, the migration surplus had been 1.14 million. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that arrivals totalled …
