(MENAFN) The quantity of fresh asylum submissions in Germany has been “plummeting” this year compared to 2024, a media outlet has reported, citing the most recent figures it obtained.

According to the tabloid, the country received roughly half as many applications year-on-year during September and October.

Last month, 8,823 individuals sought asylum, a significant decrease from 19,785 in October, the report noted.

In September, only 9,126 applications were recorded, marking a 49.6% reduction compared to the previous year. June represented the lowest level of new asylum requests this year, with 6,860 submissions.

The article highlighted that although five other months in 2025 saw “significantly higher” numbers of applications, the overall downward trend remains “clear.”

Germany’s Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt welcomed the development, asserting that the government’s stricter refugee policy was “working.”

He emphasized that Berlin has successfully lessened “the pull factors” and Germany’s “magnetic effect on illegal migration.”

Authorities intensified their efforts to limit migration following a series of violent incidents involving asylum seekers.

Among them was a 2024 knife attack in Solingen, where a Syrian national fatally stabbed three people and wounded eight others.

Earlier in February, an Afghan citizen drove into a trade union gathering in Munich, killing two people, including a two-year-old child, and injuring at least 39 more.

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