
Germany: Almost All Syrian Arrivals Retain Protected Status, Despite War’s End
New asylum applications from Syrians are rarely approved, with only 26 of 3,134 applicants granted protection in October 2025.

New asylum applications from Syrians are rarely approved, with only 26 of 3,134 applicants granted protection in October 2025.

Audit reports and court rulings raise questions about the role of activist groups in Berlin’s resettlement scheme.

Lawmakers from AfD and CDU said the government “has lost all control” and Nancy Faeser “isn’t lifting a finger” to protect the borders.

The number of migrants seeking asylum last year was the sixth-highest recorded in Germany’s history, exceeded only by the number of newcomers who entered between 1991 and 1993, during the Balkan wars, and those who came during the European Migrant Crisis of 2015-16.