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Facts
The Constitution of the Federal Republic
of Germany says:
No one
seeking asylum in Germany
can be sent back to his home country when his life is threatened because of his
race, his nationality, his gender or religion, because of him belonging to a
certain social group or because of his political attitude.
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Numbers
of the year 2001
In the
year 2001 there were 88.287 people applying for asylum in Germany. This means
the amount of refugees increased by 12,4%
compared to the year before. With the increasing number of asylum
seekers, the number of immigrants actually being accepted is increasing as well,
from 3% to 5,3%.
Most of
the refugees come from Iraq with 17167 people. This number increased by 48%. The
following home countries are Turkey with 10869 and Jugoslavia with 7758. There
were also 5837 people from
Afghanistan and people from Russia and Vietnam.
Because
of the increasing number of asylum seekers in Germany, the Bundesinnenminister
Otto Schily (SPD) wants to reform the right of immigration, to make the decision
procedure much quicker, more efficient and to be more safe of misuse.
Here
are the Top 10 of the countries where the refugees are from
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Change
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2000
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2001
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in
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absolute
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1.
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Iraq
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11,601
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17,167
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+48.0
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+5,566
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2.
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Turkey
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8,968
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10,869
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+21.2
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+1,901
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3.
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FR
Yuguslavia
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11,121
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7,758
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-30.2
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-3,363
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4.
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Afghanistan
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5,380
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5,837
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+8.5
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+457
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5.
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Russ.
Federation
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2,763
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4,523
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+63.7
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+1,760
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6.
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Vietnam
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2,332
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3,721
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+59.6
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+1,389
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7.
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Iran
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4,878
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3,455
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-29.2
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-1,423
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8.
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India
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1,826
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2,651
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+45.2
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+825
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9.
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Bosn.
- Herzeg.
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1,638
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2,259
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+37.9
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+621
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10.
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Syria
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2,641
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2,232
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-15.5
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-409
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Last year the „Bundesamt“ made 107,193 decisions concerning asylum
seekers:
5,716
persons (5.3%) were given asylum. 17,003 persons got „Abschiebeschutz
nach § 51 bs. 1 des Ausländergesetzes.“
58,785 asylum applications (54.8%)
were turned down and 25,689 (24,0%) were "somehow settled" (German
“sonst wie erledigt”).
57,404 decisions are still to be made.
Source:
www.bundesinnenministerium.de
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