Dresden closes all asylum containers: decline in refugee numbers!

Dresden closes all asylum containers: decline in refugee numbers!

Dresden, Deutschland - Dresden will close all six container asylum accommodations at the end of the year, such as Destatis , around 976,905 protection seekers from Ukraine were registered in Germany at the end of 2023, which constitutes 30.8 % of all those seeking protection.

in 2021 most refugees came from Syria, followed by Afghans and Iraqis. These developments have a difference in the different regions of Germany. Particularly high shares of Ukrainian protection seekers can be found in East Germany and Bavaria, while Syrians and Afghans are particularly concentrated in certain cities.

The measures in Dresden underline the challenges in front of which cities are in the field of migration and integration. While some cities create spaces to meet the needs of the refugees, others are forced to adapt their infrastructure due to falling figures.