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Press release No. 413 of 16 November 2017 Integration indicators 2005-2016: people with a migrant background continue to be disadvantaged
People with a migrant background continue to differ clearly from those without a migrant background in terms of education, labour market participation and income. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that, regarding several central …
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Press release No. 389 of 2 November 2017 Interactive map on Migration.Integration.Regions visualises data on foreigners and people seeking protection
The interactive map application on Migration.Integration.Regions released by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) provides an overview of the regional distribution of foreigners and of people seeking protection at administrative district level …
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Press release No. 387 of 2 November 2017 1.6 million people seeking protection in Germany at the end of 2016
On 31 December 2016, 1.6 million people seeking protection were registered in Germany. They accounted for 16% of the country's foreign population. Based on the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR), the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also …
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Press release No. 261 of 1 August 2017 8.5% increase in the population with a migrant background
In 2016, the population with a migrant background reached a new record high for the fifth time in a row. Based on results of the microcensus, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that roughly 18.6 million people in Germany had a migrant …
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Press release No. 227 of 30 June 2017 More than 10 million foreigners in Germany
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that a good 10.0 million people holding only foreign citizenship were registered in the Central Register of Foreigners (AZR) at the end of 2016. This is the highest number of foreigners ever recorded …
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Press release No. 195 of 13 June 2017 2.9% increase in naturalisations - especially of Britons - in 2016
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that nearly 110,400 foreigners became naturalised German citizens in 2016. That was an increase of slightly more than 3,000, or 2.9%, compared with a year earlier. In the preceding two years, the …
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Press release No. 246 of 14 July 2016 Immigration and net immigration peaked in 2015
In 2015, immigration to Germany was higher than ever before; this is reported by the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) on the basis of provisional results. In the reference year, a total 2,137,000 people immigrated to Germany. This was an …
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Press release No. 236 of 11 July 2016 Slightly less naturalisations in 2015
The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that just under 107,200 foreigners became naturalised German citizens in 2015. That was a decrease of slightly more than 1,200 or 1.1% on a year earlier. Compared with the average of the last ten …
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Press release No. 105 of 21 March 2016 Net immigration of foreigners in 2015 amounted to 1.1 million
The year 2015 was characterised by unusually high immigration of foreigners to Germany. Based on provisional results of a flash estimation of migration statistics, the Federal Statistical Office reports that the arrival of just under 2 million …
