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Migration Report 2011 ,
On 30 January 2013, the Federal Cabinet adopted the Migration Report 2011, which was drafted by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. On the basis of the data available, the Report provides an overview of migration in Germany, detailing the various types of migration, and supplies information on the structure of the population with a migration background.
The main conclusions
- Germany has become more attractive still as migrants’ main country of destination.
- There was a 20% year-on-year increase in the number of new arrivals in 2011, whilst the number of people leaving the country remained constant.
- The number of well-qualified workers and self-employed people arriving rose.
- Immigrants’ main country of origin was Poland, as in the previous years.
- The number of new arrivals from Romania and Bulgaria has increased markedly since their accession to the EU in 2007.
- The number of new arrivals from the Southern European EU States Spain, Italy and Greece has also increased considerably.
- The year-on-year increase in the number of asylum-seekers continued, with an increase by 11%.
- The number of persons who have acquired their entitlement to study outside Germany taking up their studies in Germany rose once again, and reached a record level in 2011.
- Family reunification has been constant for five years.
- Immigration by ethnic German resettlers and their family members continued to fall.
The structure of the Migration Report 2011 is similar to that of last year's Report. More detail than in the previous Report was given regarding migration in a European comparison, as well as on immigration from the new EU States.
The Federal Government's Migration Report is drafted on an annual basis on behalf of the Bundestag.
This report is only available in German language.