Annex 3 to Question 12 A) and B)

Annex 3 to question 12 a) and b)

Note: The statistics on "airport procedures" do not provide specific information on age and sex.

2016:

Asylum applications registered and procedures carried out in 2016 (main countries of origin based on asylum applications):

including:
2016 / Asylum applications (initial and follow-up applications) / Asylum decisions / Right of asylum,Art. 16a Basic Law (Grundgesetz) / Refugee protection, Section 3 (1) Asylum Act (Asylgesetz) / Subsidiary protection, Section 4 (1) Asylum Act / Prohibition of deportation, Section 60 (5/7) Residence Act (Aufenthaltsgesetz) / Total: all forms of protection
All countries of origin / 745,545 / 695,733 / 2,120 / 254,016 / 153,700 / 24,084 / 433,920
including:
Syria / 268,866 / 295,040 / 756 / 165,764 / 121,562 / 910 / 288,992
Afghanistan / 127,892 / 68,246 / 80 / 13,733 / 5,836 / 18,441 / 38,090
Iraq / 97,162 / 68,562 / 247 / 36,554 / 10,912 / 439 / 48,152
Iran / 26,872 / 11,528 / 453 / 4,990 / 257 / 150 / 5,850
Eritrea / 19,103 / 22,160 / 109 / 16,557 / 3,652 / 119 / 20,437
Albania / 17,236 / 37,673 / 1 / 17 / 73 / 78 / 169
Pakistan / 15,528 / 12,935 / 10 / 265 / 49 / 105 / 429
Undetermined / 14,922 / 15,371 / 26 / 6,756 / 6,084 / 111 / 12,977
Nigeria / 12,916 / 3,786 / 11 / 116 / 34 / 213 / 374
Russian Federation / 12,234 / 12,799 / 21 / 336 / 127 / 177 / 661
Serbia / 10,273 / 24,178 / 2 / 5 / 6 / 54 / 67
Somalia / 10,232 / 6,882 / 9 / 1,857 / 1,121 / 1,907 / 4,894
Macedonia / 7,015 / 14,712 / 0 / 4 / 7 / 36 / 47
Kosovo / 6,490 / 18,920 / 1 / 5 / 8 / 131 / 145
Gambia / 5,787 / 1,131 / 3 / 40 / 10 / 21 / 74
Info:
Male / 489,492 / 443,020 / 1,183 / 166,125 / 94,633 / 12,446 / 274,387
Female / 256,053 / 252,713 / 937 / 87,891 / 59,067 / 11,638 / 159,533
Under 18 years of age / 268,348 / 242,662 / 821 / 86,326 / 56,479 / 12,127 / 155,753
18 years and above / 477,194 / 453,064 / 1,299 / 167,687 / 97,221 / 11,956 / 278,163

Airport procedures in 2016:

(Note: In the event of a notification pursuant to Section 18a (6) of the Asylum Act, the asylum seeker is allowed to enter Germany. The asylum procedure is then treated by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees as a regular asylum procedure and, statistically speaking, can no longer be distinguished from other asylum procedures. This means that asylum decisions from these procedures cannot be shown separately).

Airport procedures / Decisions within 2 days of the application date
Country of origin / Files opened / Notification - Section 18a (6) / Manifestly
ill-founded / Terminated
2016 / 273 / 191 / 68 / 1
including:
Congo, Dem. Republic / 37 / 21 / 16 / 0
Iran / 33 / 31 / 1 / 0
Syria / 28 / 26 / 0 / 0
Sri Lanka / 25 / 19 / 6 / 0
Afghanistan / 23 / 20 / 1 / 0
Iraq / 20 / 19 / 0 / 0
Pakistan / 14 / 7 / 6 / 0
Angola / 8 / 0 / 8 / 0
Egypt / 8 / 1 / 7 / 0
Armenia / 7 / 6 / 1 / 0

Note: Paragraph 1 of Section 18a of the Asylum Act (Asylgesetz) stipulates that, in the case of foreigners from a safe country (Section 29a) who wish to enter via an airport and apply for asylum with border authority, the asylum procedure shall be conducted prior to the decision on entry, if the foreigner can be accommodated on the airport premises during the procedure or cannot be accommodated on the airport premises only because of a necessary hospital stay. Paragraph 6 of section 18a of the Asylum Act foresees inter alia that a person has to be allowed to enter German territory if the Federal Office informs the border authority that it is not able to decide the case within a short time.

Time taken to process asylum procedures at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in 2016:

Average time in months from asylum application to administrative decision (main countries of origin based on concluded cases)
2016
All countries of origin / 7.1
including:
Syria / 3.8
Afghanistan / 8.7
Iraq / 5.9
Iran / 12.3
Eritrea / 10.7
Albania / 7.0
Undetermined / 7.3
Pakistan / 15.5
Nigeria / 14.2
Russian Federation / 15.6
Somalia / 17.3
Serbia / 8.9
Stateless / 5.8
Gambia / 12.8
Turkey / 16.3

2015:

Asylum applications registered and procedures carried out in 2015 (main countries of origin based on asylum applications):

including:
2015 / Asylum applications (initial and follow-up applications) / Asylum decisions / Right of asylum,Art. 16a Basic Law / Refugee protection, Section 3 (1) Asylum Act / Subsidiary protection, Section 4 (1) Asylum Act / Prohibition of deportation, Section 60 (5/7) Residence Act / Total: all forms of protection
All countries of origin / 476,649 / 282,726 / 2,029 / 135,107 / 1,707 / 2,072 / 140,915
including:
Syria / 162,510 / 105,620 / 1,167 / 99,970 / 61 / 221 / 101,419
Albania / 54,762 / 35,721 / - / 7 / 33 / 36 / 76
Kosovo / 37,095 / 29,801 / - / 13 / 22 / 97 / 132
Afghanistan / 31,902 / 5,966 / 48 / 1,660 / 325 / 809 / 2,842
Iraq / 31,379 / 16,796 / 157 / 14,353 / 289 / 81 / 14,880
Serbia / 26,945 / 22,341 / - / 4 / - / 22 / 26
Macedonia / 14,131 / 8,245 / - / 23 / 1 / 20 / 44
Undetermined / 12,166 / 4,128 / 35 / 3,256 / 5 / 13 / 3,309
Eritrea / 10,990 / 10,099 / 44 / 8,870 / 347 / 39 / 9,300
Pakistan / 8,472 / 2,015 / 4 / 158 / 11 / 24 / 197
Bosnia & Herzeg. / 7,473 / 6,500 / - / 1 / - / 12 / 13
Russian Federation / 6,200 / 4,832 / 9 / 185 / 71 / 138 / 403
Iran / 5,732 / 2,664 / 208 / 1,325 / 29 / 25 / 1,587
Somalia / 5,392 / 2,038 / - / 434 / 265 / 110 / 809
Nigeria / 5,302 / 1,149 / 7 / 25 / 7 / 37 / 76
Info:
Male / 326,529 / 191,262 / 1,148 / 98,370 / 1,165 / 1,280 / 101,963
Female / 150,120 / 91,464 / 881 / 36,737 / 542 / 792 / 38,952
Under 18 years of age / 148,257 / 81,790 / 849 / 32,130 / 550 / 871 / 34,400
18 years and above / 328,392 / 200,936 / 1,180 / 102,977 / 1,157 / 1,201 / 106,515

Airport procedures in 2015:

Airport procedures / Decisions within two days of application date
Country of origin / Files opened / Notification – Section 18a (6) / Manifestly
ill-founded / Terminated
2015 / 627 / 549 / 74 / 0
including:
Syria / 143 / 142 / 1 / 0
Iran / 67 / 64 / 3 / 0
Afghanistan / 65 / 61 / 4 / 0
Sri Lanka / 42 / 34 / 7 / 0
Iraq / 38 / 37 / 1 / 0
Armenia / 33 / 28 / 5 / 0
Congo, Dem. Republic / 31 / 28 / 5 / 0
Other Asian nationals / 30 / 28 / 2 / 0
Pakistan / 20 / 18 / 3 / 0
Somalia / 18 / 17 / 1 / 0

Time taken to process asylum procedures at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in 2015:

Average time – in months – from application date to administrative decision (main countries of origin based on concluded cases)
2015
All countries of origin / 5.2
including:
Syria / 3.2
Albania / 3.2
Kosovo / 3.1
Afghanistan / 14.0
Iraq / 6.8
Serbia / 4.2
Undetermined / 5.1
Eritrea / 13.3
Macedonia / 4.5
Pakistan / 15.3
Iran / 17.1
Russian Federation / 11.8
Nigeria / 11.8
Somalia / 13.6
Bosnia-Herzegovina / 4.6

2014:

Asylum applications registered and procedures carried out in 2014 (main countries of origin based on asylum applications):

including:
2014 / Asylum applications (initial and follow-up applications) / Asylum decisions / Right of asylum,Art. 16a Basic Law / Refugee protection, Section 3 (1) Asylum Act / Subsidiary protection, Section 4 (1) Asylum Act / Prohibition of deportation, Section 60 (5/7) Residence Act / Total: all forms of protection
All countries of origin / 202,834 / 128,911 / 2,285 / 31,025 / 5,174 / 2,079 / 40,563
including:
Syria / 41,100 / 26,703 / 1,489 / 19,018 / 3,246 / 106 / 23,859
Serbia / 27,148 / 21,878 / - / 1 / 17 / 25 / 43
Eritrea / 13,253 / 1,794 / 36 / 709 / 210 / 36 / 991
Afghanistan / 9,673 / 7,287 / 87 / 1,939 / 355 / 1,022 / 3,403
Iraq / 9,499 / 4,583 / 60 / 3,161 / 99 / 69 / 3,389
Kosovo / 8,923 / 3,690 / - / 4 / 1 / 35 / 40
Macedonia / 8,906 / 8,548 / - / 2 / 5 / 15 / 22
Bosnia-Herzegovina / 8,474 / 6,594 / - / - / 2 / 15 / 17
Albanien / 8,113 / 3,455 / - / 9 / 43 / 25 / 77
Somalia / 5,685 / 3,482 / 4 / 518 / 222 / 125 / 869
Russian Federation / 5,511 / 6,453 / 4 / 195 / 94 / 129 / 422
Pakistan / 4,226 / 3,039 / 18 / 513 / 15 / 20 / 566
Nigeria / 3,989 / 1,264 / 1 / 50 / 27 / 25 / 103
Undetermined / 3,678 / 2,085 / 22 / 1,111 / 259 / 21 / 1,413
Iran / 3,534 / 4,109 / 256 / 1,781 / 58 / 32 / 2,127
Info:
Male / 132,748 / 82,080 / 1,383 / 20,724 / 3,138 / 1,232 / 26,477
Female / 70,086 / 46,831 / 902 / 10,301 / 2,036 / 847 / 14,086
Under 18 years of age / 64,104 / 42,527 / 723 / 9,815 / 1,947 / 870 / 13,355
18 years and above / 138,722 / 86,377 / 1,562 / 21,209 / 3,226 / 1,209 / 27,206

Airport procedures in 2014:

Airport procedures / Decisions within two days of the application date
Country of origin / Files opened / Notification –Paragraph 6 Section 18a / Manifestly
ill-founded / Terminated
2014 / 643 / 539 / 56 / 0
including:
Syria / 178 / 167 / - / -
Afghanistan / 96 / 84 / - / -
Iran / 52 / 48 / - / -
Somalia / 43 / 41 / - / -
Congo, Dem. Republic / 35 / 20 / 13 / -
Iraq / 27 / 26 / - / -
Sri Lanka / 22 / 20 / 1 / -
Pakistan / 19 / 15 / - / -
Other Asian nationals / 19 / 12 / 7 / -
Egypt / 16 / 16 / - / -

Time taken to process asylum procedures at the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees in 2014:

Average time – in months – from application date to administrative decision (main countries of origin based on concluded cases)
2014
All countries of origin / 7.1
including:
Syria / 4.2
Serbia / 4.0
Eritrea / 8.6
Afghanistan / 13.9
Albania / 3.6
Kosovo / 4.7
Bosnia-Herzegovina / 3.9
Macedonia / 5.3
Somalia / 9.2
Iraq / 9.6
Russian Federation / 10.0
Pakistan / 15.7
Nigeria / 10.1
Undetermined / 6.4
Iran / 14.5