Germany

Country Report

Country Report: Germany Last updated: 16/06/25

Author

Lena Riemer, Lea Rau and Ronith Schalast

This 2024 update of the report was written by Lena Riemer, Lea Rau and Ronith Schalast, independent researchers, and edited by ECRE. The first report and updates until 2019 for this country report were written by Michael Kalkmann, Coordinator of Informationsverbund Asyl und Migration and edited by ECRE. The 2021 update of the report was written by Paula Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik and edited by ECRE. The 2022 update of the report was written by Marlene Stiller and Paula Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, independent researchers, and edited by ECRE. The 2023 update of the report was written by Teresa Fachinger, Marlene Stiller and Paula Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik, independent researchers and was edited by ECRE.

This report draws on information gathered from national authorities, including publicly available statistics and responses to parliamentary questions, national case law, practice of civil society organisations, as well as other public sources.

The 2024 update to the AIDA country report on Germany was shared with the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees to provide an opportunity for comments. Any feedback received was reviewed by the author and, where appropriate, incorporated into the final version of the report.

The information in this report is up to date as of 31 December 2024, unless otherwise stated.

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To access the updated report, you can navigate through the table of contents on the right end side or download the full report (in PDF) above.

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation