MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Germany has been turning back one in two asylum seekers who filed their claims in the past two years of the refugee crisis in Europe, the government said Wednesday.
Fifty-one percent of migrants who arrived in Germany in 2014-2015 and had their asylum bids declined were sent out by the end of last year, the government said in its response to the Left party’s information request seen by Die Welt newspaper.
Almost all Syrians, Eritreans and stateless applicants were allowed to stay, according to the outlet. Regulations are particularly lenient toward Syrian refugees who only need to fill in one questionnaire in order to be granted asylum.
The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees still needs to process some 410,000 open asylum requests, although it estimates that between 300,000 and 400,000 refugees are waiting to tender their applications.
