Source: Federal Office for Migration and Refugees
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German parties address immigration
A double stabbing in Bavaria – and subsequent detention of an Afghan
man – forces immigration back to the centre of the election campaign


Olaf Scholz
Immigration essential in ageing society
Family reunification to aid integration
Rejects border closures
Supports voluntary deportations of
refused asylum seekers

Friedrich Merz
Backs permanent border controls
Increased detentions of illegal migrants
Suspension of family reunification
Deportations to Syria and Afghanistan

Robert Habeck
Backs common EU migration policy
with controls on EU borders
Welcomes asylum seekers and skilled
migrants, with effective integration
Criminals repatriated after sentence

Alice Weidel
Expand list of “safe” countries of origin
Detention centres at borders and airports
Reduce benefits for asylum seekers
Deportation of criminals and “extremists”

IMMIGRATION BY PLACE OF ORIGIN 2023
Other EU
countries 32.7%
Ukraine 14.3%
Romania 9.8%
Türkiye 6.5%
Other 0.1%
Europe 63.4%

NET MIGRATION
Inflow
Outflow
Net
387,149
450,464
576,924 
1,156,962 
635,308
498,558
460,000
384,685
248,316
393,342
1,545,503
763,643

0.5
1.0
1.5
2.0
2.5 million
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
Asia 19.5%
Africa 4.9%
Americas, Australia, Oceania 4.2%
No information 8.1%

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