“We are experiencing an emergency situation due to a significant influx of immigrants from countries such as Syria, Afghanistan and other Eastern countries. In addition, we currently have more than 1 million refugees from Ukraine. Therefore, Germany, like Italy , is in first place.” limit of its capacities to receive immigrants,” said the president.
It should be noted that, according to Steinmeier, in the first half of 2023, Germany registered 162,000 asylum applications, which represents “a third of the total in the EU.”
