Record-breaking number of asylum seekers from Türkiye to Germany

According to the international group Tasnim news, apparently in 2023 from All dimensions have been a difficult year for Turkey. Because the release of the latest migration statistics shows that last year, many Turkish citizens were looking for a way to leave and migrate, and it is unlikely that they will have a better situation this year. /p>

In the meantime, due to many historical reasons as well as the old familiarity of the Turks with Germany, many asylum seekers go to this rich European country, which is in great need of labor force and probably It shows less strictness towards immigrants.

Erdogan government apparently has adopted strict policies to fight immigration and human trafficking. Turkish Interior Minister Ali Yerli Kaya, who in the last few months has been able to make his name known as a hero in the fight against mafia and smuggling, has started a massive fight against human trafficking networks.

In a way that only in 2023 AD, nearly a thousand people of human trafficking network agents have been arrested and imprisoned, among them, there are dozens of large-scale offenders who, in addition to managing the brokering and human trafficking process, They have a long history of forging documents and visas, and by allowing the passage of thousands of people, they have caused great damage to the security of Turkey and destination countries.

The report of the Turkish section of Euronews indicates that since 2008 Until 2016, the number of asylum requests from Turkey to Germany was at a low level of uniformity, but it increased in 2016 after the failed coup of Gulen.

But in 2018 and After the change of the political system – the implementation of Turkey from a parliamentary to a presidential system, a significant increase in the number of refugees has been observed, and in 2023, at the same time as the inflation rate, the economic crisis, and the closure of the domestic political space, the number of asylum requests has reached an explosive level. It has reached an unprecedented level.

Turkey and the second place of asylum in Germany

According to the statistics announced by the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF), the number of people who applied for asylum for the first time last year increased by 51.1% compared to last year and reached 329 thousand and 120 people have arrived.

While the number of the first asylum requests in 2022 was 217 thousand and 774 people.

The Federal Office of Migration and Refugees rejected the requests of more than 100,000 refugees last year, and it has been announced that this number will increase in 2024.

Based on official data Announced by the German migration agency BAMF, Syrian citizens became the first in the number of asylum applications submitted in 2023. A total of 104,561 requests were registered by Syrians, of which 102,930 were new or first requests. (This means that nearly 2,000 people, in addition to rejecting the application in 2022, have tried their luck once more.)

After the Syrians , the Turks also followed the path of Germany and Turkey ranked second with 62 thousand 624 requests, which was the first with 61 thousand 181 requests.

Afghan citizens with a total of 53 thousand And 582 requests are the third country seeking asylum from Germany, and Iraqis are in fourth place with a total of 12,360 requests.

Is Germany’s behavior discriminatory?

The Turkish authorities have announced that the German Embassy in Turkey has discriminatory policies to grant travel visas to It has Turkish citizens, and more than 65% of Turkish citizens’ requests to travel to Germany have been rejected on false pretexts, which shows Germany’s discriminatory policy against Turks.

The process of issuing visas at the embassies of other European countries in Ankara shows that, in a general evaluation and summary, EU member states do not have a positive view on issuing visas to Turkish citizens.

The European Union authorities have rejected Turkey’s criticisms with a soft and diplomatic language and announced that these issues have bureaucratic reasons and are a normal process that has nothing to do with nationality or religion.

Now the question arises: when Germany is so resistant to even issuing travel visas to Turks, is it discriminating and strict in responding to asylum requests or not? The answer is as follows:

a) There are many cases of religious discrimination in the attitude of the German authorities and they have shown a lot of softness and flexibility towards the Ukrainian refugees. In most states of Germany, housing rental agencies have been officially notified that among two or more applicants for renting a house in Germany, one of whom is a Ukrainian, the Ukrainian party must be the first priority and the owners do not have the right to Even in the face of receiving a higher rent, give up this priority. Therefore, it should be said frankly, Germany has a guard and a clear position against the Islamic sentiments of Turkish citizens, and in 2023, the visa facility for Turkish preachers and clerics to travel to Germany was removed, and now they are like other ordinary citizens. Turkey must go through difficult steps to travel to Germany.

b) In the case of answering the asylum requests of Turks in Germany, pay attention to technical, specialized and financial priorities. , is more important than any other issue. Germany gives a positive response to doctors, nurses, technical technicians, investors, businessmen and owners of high financial power, in a short period of time, but in the case of asylum seekers who do not have special expertise and capabilities, even if they use experienced lawyers. , the rejection answer is simply issued. 139505111316082148264164.jpg”/>

Since the establishment of the Republic of Turkey and in the last decades of the Ottoman Empire, Turks used to go to Germany for work and trade and sometimes for treatment, and they returned a significant part of their capital and income back to their homeland.

But in the last decade, what has caused the Turkish authorities to worry about the migration of citizens of this country to Germany is the increasing growth of inflation, the class divide and uncertainty about the future of the Turkish economy, which has caused a significant part of The elites and owners of work and capital should leave Turkey not temporarily, but permanently, and enter their capital into the economic cycle of Germany.

end of message/