In Germany, for the first time since 2011, the number of people living in a country with refugee status decreased year-on-year. Some politicians welcome this trend, while the parliamentary left (Die Linke) is criticizing it.
According to the left-wing party, it is proof that Germany could accept more refugees.
According to the newly published statistics of the Ministry of the Interior, 62,000 fewer refugees lived in Germany in the middle of this year than at the end of 2019. This means that after many years, the number of people with refugee status has decreased.
At the request of the left-wing party Die Linke, the Ministry of the Interior stated that in August 2020, 1.77 million refugees with various residence permits lived in Germany. This represents a year-on-year decrease of about 3.5 percent.
Although it may seem like a little decrease to some, given the development of the so-called refugee crisis so far, this is a real turning point. Since 2011, the number of registered refugees in Germany has grown relatively sharply, and not a single year was an exception.