Dramatic increase in the number of homeless people in Germany

According to the report of the international group Tasnim news agency newspaper “Tags” “The number of homeless people in Germany will increase significantly in 2022,” Zeitung wrote in a report. That number rose to 607,000 last year, compared to 383,000 in 2021, according to the latest estimates from the Federal Working Group on Homeless Assistance (BAGW). At that time, about 50,000 homeless people were living on the streets without any housing.

This sharp increase was primarily due to the influx of war refugees from Ukraine and The overall increase in the number of refugees in this country. According to the BAG W, the number of homeless people among Germans has increased by five percent and among foreigners by 118 percent. According to the 2022 assessment, 196,000 homeless people had German passports and 411,000 foreigners. These numbers were more than this. The proportion of refugees in these years was 417,000 out of 651,000 people, or 441,000 out of a total of 678,000 people. Ukrainians – mostly women and children – are housed in apartments. However, about 130,000 Ukrainians still share housing. According to him, about six percent of the homeless are EU citizens, who mainly come from Eastern European countries.

According to this assessment, almost three quarters of homeless people With a German passport, men are single. Rent and energy debt, conflicts in the living environment or divorce are the main reasons for losing a home for these people. Rosenke emphasized that in addition to single people, single parents and couples with many children are also at risk. Criticizing these conditions, Rosenke said: “The lack of affordable housing is the main reason for homelessness in Germany.” Rosenke also pointed to the ongoing violence against homeless people. . He explained that the number of these cases fluctuated from year to year, but did not decrease. Since 1989, BAGW has documented 626 cases of such violence in which homeless people have died violently. During the same period, there were at least 2,350 cases of serious bodily injury. But the number of unreported cases is likely much higher, Rosenke said. BAG W records acts of violence only through media observation, for example from local newspaper reports.

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