Frankfurt (Germany), 1 June (LaPresse) – In 2025, net immigration to Germany almost halved, falling by 45% to 235,000 people, compared with 430,000 in 2024, mainly due to the decline in arrivals from the main countries of origin of asylum seekers and from Ukraine. This was announced by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). According to the final figures, there were approximately 1.48 million entries and 1.25 million exits across German borders during the year. The number of immigrants fell by 13%, whilst departures fell by just under 2%. Among the main countries of origin, net immigration from Syria plummeted by 67% to 25,000 people. From Turkey, the positive net migration fell by 41% to 24,000 people, whilst from Afghanistan the decline was also 41%, to 19,000. Flows from Ukraine also fell, with a net balance of 96,000 people, down 21% on the previous year. Intra-EU mobility also had an impact on the overall figure: Germany’s net migration balance with other European Union countries remained negative, standing at minus 54,000 people, compared to minus 34,000 in 2024. In practice, more people left Germany to move to other Member States than arrived. The largest migration deficits were recorded with Poland and Bulgaria. Furthermore, net emigration of German citizens rose to 97,000 people from 81,000 the previous year. The main destinations were Switzerland, Austria and Spain. Domestically, the federal state with the highest net migration was Brandenburg, followed by Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein, whilst Berlin, Thuringia and North Rhine-Westphalia recorded the largest losses.
Germany: net immigration almost halved in 2025, as influx from Ukraine declines
Frankfurt (Germany), 1 June (LaPresse) – In 2025, net immigration to Germany almost halved, falling by 45% to 235,000 people, compared with 430,000 in 2024, mainly due to the decline in arrivals from the main countries of origin of asylum seekers and from Ukraine. This was announced by the German Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). According to the final figures, there were approximately 1.48 million entries and 1.25 million exits across German borders during the year. The number of immigrants fell by 13%, whilst departures fell by just under 2%. Among the main countries of origin, net immigration from Syria plummeted by 67% to 25,000 people. From Turkey, the positive net migration fell by 41% to 24,000 people, whilst from Afghanistan the decline was also 41%, to 19,000. Flows from Ukraine also fell, with a net balance of 96,000 people, down 21% on the previous year. Intra-EU mobility also had an impact on the overall figure: Germany’s net migration balance with other European Union countries remained negative, standing at minus 54,000 people, compared to minus 34,000 in 2024. In practice, more people left Germany to move to other Member States than arrived. The largest migration deficits were recorded with Poland and Bulgaria. Furthermore, net emigration of German citizens rose to 97,000 people from 81,000 the previous year. The main destinations were Switzerland, Austria and Spain. Domestically, the federal state with the highest net migration was Brandenburg, followed by Bavaria and Schleswig-Holstein, whilst Berlin, Thuringia and North Rhine-Westphalia recorded the largest losses.
