Number of asylum seekers Germany plummeted

berlin - Last year, 280,000 people applied for asylum in the Federal Republic. This is considerably less than in 2015, when 890,000 people applied for asylum in Germany, reported Wednesday the German Ministry of the Interior.

It is believed that the decrease is due to the obstacles that have been raised on the route that took to Germany in 2015 for many refugees and other migrants. The route ran through Turkey, Greece and the Balkans to Austria and Germany.

The Interior Minister, Thomas de Maiziere, be Wednesday in particular on the measures taken by Germany and took the European Union, such as the agreements made with Turkey last year to stop the crossing of migrants to Greece. 'We managed to send organize all immigrants happen,' de Maizière noted with satisfaction.