Wegner: Twice as many people leave Berlin as arrive:
According to Berlin's governing mayor, there has been a noticeable easing in the number of refugees ...
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Wegner reports easing migration pressure in BerlinBerlin’s governing mayor points to 6,000 available beds while continuing to see the federal government and EU as responsible.
- According to Wegner, twice as many people are currently leaving Berlin as are arriving, while around 6,000 beds for refugees are available.
- Berlin took in 31,906 refugees in 2023, followed by 21,157 in 2024 and 6,089 in the first half of 2025.
- Costs for refugees’ accommodation, care and integration had nearly doubled to 2.24 billion euros between 2022 and 2025, while the coalition has not declared an emergency.
- Wegner urged the federal government to continue its migration-policy course and called for a common EU asylum policy and better-secured European borders.
I have long hoped that there would finally be a common line within the European Union. We need a common asylum policy in Europe. And I hope that European borders will finally be better secured so that we no longer need controls at the German borders.— Kai Wegner, Berlin's Governing Mayor, on EU asylum policy and border security
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