Table 1.
Decisions and decision rates for asylum applications in 2015 and 2016
Source: Federal Office for Migration and Refugees [8]
| Year | 2015 | 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| Total number of decisions on asylum applications | 282,726 | 695,733 | ||
| Total protection rate | 140,915 | 49.8 % | 433,920 | 62.4 % |
| Substantive decisions | ||||
| Legal status as refugee (Section 3 subsection 1 AsylG, Art.16a, Basic Law) | 137,136 | 48.5 % | 256,136 | 36.8% |
| of those recognised as entitled to asylum (Art. 16 a Basic Law and family asylum) | 2,029 | 0.7 % | 2,120 | 0.3 % |
| Subsidiary protection (Section 4 subsection 1 AsylG) | 1,707 | 0.6 % | 153,700 | 22.1 % |
| Ban on deportation (Section 60 subsections 5 or 7 AufenthG) | 2,072 | 0.7 % | 24,084 | 3.5 % |
| Rejections (unfounded or manifestly unfounded) | 91,514 | 32.4 % | 173,846 | 25.0 % |
| Formal decisions | 50,297 | 17.8 % | 87,967 | 12.6 % |