Germany saw a decrease in net immigration of more than half in 2023, the country’s Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reported on June 27.
In 2023, around 663,000 more people moved to Germany than left the country. Compared to the previous year, which had around 1,462,000 more arrivals than departures and the largest migration increase since 1950, net immigration in 2023 was 55% lower. In 2023, there were around 28% fewer arrivals and 5% more departures than in 2022. In a long-term comparison, however, net immigration remained high in 2023.
The lower foreign migration in 2023 is mainly due to a decrease in immigration from Ukraine: compared to the previous year, 75% fewer Ukrainians emigrated to Germany (2023: 276,000 people, 2022: 1,098,000 people). Overall, net immigration to Germany of people from other European countries fell by 72%. Apart from Ukraine, fewer arrivals than the previous year came from Romania (-7%) and Bulgaria (-14%). On the contrary, immigration from Turkey registered a significant increase (56%).
Overall, immigrants from Europe continued to make the largest contribution to net immigration, followed by immigrants from Asia and Africa. Among those from Asian countries, the number of immigrants from Syria increased by 49%, while immigration from Afghanistan decreased by 12%. Immigration, especially from these two countries and partly from Turkey, occurs in the context of refugee migration and a large number of asylum applications.
Since 2005 there has been a net emigration of people with German citizenship. In 2023, migration losses of German citizens were lower than the previous year (2023: -74,000 people; 2022: -83,000 people). As before, Germans emigrated mainly to Switzerland, Austria and the United States.
Source: Rossa Primavera
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