BAMF: 5,707 New Asylum Applications in October, Lowest Since 2011
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Germany registered 5,707 new asylum applications in October 2026, according to figures from the Federal Interior Ministry made public on Wednesday 4 November. It is the lowest figure for any October since 2011, when 4,106 applications were recorded.
The number is about 35 percent lower than in October 2025, when 8,823 people applied, and about 71 percent lower than in October 2024, when 19,785 people applied. In September 2026 the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) had registered 5,276 first applications.
The new BAMF monthly statistics show 61,319 new applications from January to October 2026, and 81,776 applications in total when follow up applications are included. Afghanistan remains the largest country of origin, followed by Syria, Türkiye, Somalia and Iraq.
Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the government wants the decline to last and plans to keep limiting irregular migration together with its European partners. Germany has checked all of its land borders since September 2024, and people without valid entry papers are turned back more often. The fall began before the current government took office: applications already dropped in 2024, and Syrian applications across Europe fell sharply after the fall of Bashar al-Assad in December 2024.
What this means for you: the new figures do not change any rules. The right to apply for asylum, the procedures at the BAMF and the rules for people who already have protection or a pending case stay the same.
What you can do: if you have a pending asylum case or questions about your status, keep every letter from the BAMF, meet each deadline written in it, and ask a free migration counselling service or a lawyer if anything is unclear. The BAMF publishes updated figures every month on its website.
Sources: BAMF, Berliner Morgenpost, WELT
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