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Press release No. 555 of 21 December 2022 Benefits for asylum seekers, 2021: number of people entitled to benefits up 4.3%
At the end of 2021, roughly 399,000 people in Germany received standard benefits in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum Seekers (AsylbLG). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that the number of recipients increased by 4.3%, …
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Press release No. 367 of 4 August 2021 Benefits for asylum seekers down 4.7% in 2020
In 2020 government agencies in Germany spent 4.2 billion euros in gross terms on benefits paid in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum Seekers (AsylbLG). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) reports that this was a year-on-year decline …
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Press release No. 408 of 15 October 2020 Benefits for asylum seekers, 2019: number of people entitled to benefits down 6%
At the end of 2019, roughly 385,000 people in Germany received standard benefits in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum Seekers (AsylbLG). The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) also reports that this was a 6% decline on 2018 (411,000 …
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Press release No. 359 of 16 September 2019 Benefits for asylum seekers in 2018: number of people entitled to benefits declined by 12%
At the end of 2018, roughly 411,000 people in Germany received standard benefits in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum Seekers (AsylbLG). That was a 12% decrease compared with 2017 (469,000 people). The number of recipients declined for …
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Press release No. 312 of 23 August 2018 Benefits for asylum seekers, 2017: roughly 469,000 people entitled to benefits
At the end of 2017, a total of 469,000 people received standard benefits in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum Seekers (AsylbLG). That was a 36% decrease compared with the previous year (728,000 people). The number of recipients went down …
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Press release No. 304 of 5 September 2016 Benefits for asylum seekers: number of entitled persons up 169% in 2015
At the end of 2015, a total of 975,000 people in Germany received standard benefits in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum-Seekers (AsylbLG). This was a 169% increase compared with the previous year (363,000 people). The Federal …
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Press release No. 294 of 25 August 2016 8.7 million euros spent as part of the education and participation package for young asylum-seekers in first quarter of 2016
In the first quarter of 2016, general government in Germany spent just under 8.7 million euros on benefits of the education and participation package in accordance with the Act on Benefits for Asylum-seekers. The Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) …