Germany Sees Number , of Refugees, Continue to Increase.
ABC News reports that over 244,000 people applied for asylum in Germany in 2022 in addition to over one million Ukrainian refugees.
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Most of the asylum-seekers came from Syria, Afghanistan, Turkey and Iraq.
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ABC News reports that refugees from Ukraine don't have to apply for asylum, as they are immediately offered temporary residency status.
The number of people seeking asylum in Germany increased by 27.9% when compared to 2021.
According to German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Russia's "war of aggression against Ukraine has triggered the largest flight movement in Europe since World War II.".
According to German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Russia's "war of aggression against Ukraine has triggered the largest flight movement in Europe since World War II.".
The number of asylum-seekers increased in the final three months of 2022, as many attempted to reach the safety of Germany through the Balkan route.
In other parts of the world, too, people are fleeing war and terror, as reflected in the significant increase in the number of asylum applications filed in 2022, Nancy Faeser, German Interior Minister, via ABC News.
Faeser also thanked the German people for welcoming refugees from Ukraine with overwhelming support.
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According to Faeser, the German government is working to integrate asylum-seekers faster than in the past by making language classes immediately available.
Among other measures, the government is also trying to speed up deportation of anyone whose asylum status is denied
