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Control at the German-Austrian border (in December): Significantly more unauthorized entries in the second half of the year
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In 2022, the Federal Police detected more unauthorized entries into Germany than in several years.
According to the authority responsible for border protection, a total of 91,986 people came to Germany illegally last year.
In the previous year, which was even more affected by the travel restrictions of the corona pandemic, the federal police had identified 57,637 unauthorized entries.
A significant increase in the second half of the year was observed in 2022.
In January, 4,436 people were found entering the country illegally. In October, this figure was more than 13,000 unauthorized entries, and in December there were around 8,600 such entries without permission.
The Federal Police Headquarters pointed out that cases in which unauthorized entry is prevented before entering federal territory are not included in these statistics.
"The findings made by the federal police for the year 2022 in this context represent the highest level in six years," said the security authority on Tuesday.
According to the federal police, there was also an increase last year in the number of smugglers who were identified.
Here the number rose from 2132 findings in the previous year to 2728. The federal government is currently voting on a reform of the law that regulates the tasks and powers of the federal police.
Also more initial applications for asylum
A few days ago, the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees announced that more people applied for asylum in Germany last year than at any time since 2016.
The authority's annual statistics for 2022 show that from the beginning of January to the end of December, 217,774 people made such a request for protection in Germany for the first time.
That was almost 47 percent more than in the previous year.
sol/dpa