Considerably fewer refugees arrived in Berlin closing yr than in 2024, in keeping with knowledge from the State Place of business for Refugee Affairs (LAF). Accordingly, the LAF won 14,917 new refugees in 2025, which was once about 30 p.c not up to the former yr (2024: 21,157 other folks).
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“The significant reduction in the number of asylum seekers has ensured that the burden especially for the provision of benefits has been noticeably relieved,” mentioned LAF President Steffen Weikert. On the other hand, from September onwards there was once a pointy build up in refugees from Ukraine, particularly younger other folks between the ages of 18 and 22, in order that the outcome was once nearly the similar as the former yr.
Many asylum seekers from Vietnam, Moldova and Afghanistan
The selection of asylum seekers dropped via round 44 p.c: in 2025, 5,970 asylum seekers who submitted preliminary or next packages have been won in Berlin. Within the earlier yr, there have been 10,749 of them. The most typical nations of beginning have been Vietnam, Moldova, Afghanistan, Turkey and Syria.
There was once a drop of about 14 p.c in refugees from Ukraine: 8,947 Ukrainian refugees have been registered for Berlin on the Tegel arrival heart; In 2024, there have been 10,408 other folks. Not too long ago, many younger males have come from Ukraine.
Complete lodging
Lodging continues to be very busy: firstly of 2026, about 38,000 refugees lived in LAF lodging. 5,000 of those other folks don’t seem to be accommodated in common dormitories, properties or container settlements: 3,300 to begin with discovered refuge in hostels or resorts, 1,347 within the Tempelhof emergency refuge and 480 within the reception heart in Reinickendorf. For the sake of comparability: a yr in the past, the LAF accommodated round 41,400 refugees.
“As a result of the decision to suspend the residential container program, the number of regular accommodation places is unlikely to increase in 2026,” LAF mentioned in its stability sheet. “Although 1,166 new places will be opened, 820 places will be lost due to the necessary site closures. The result is only an increase of 346 regular places.” That is offset via the will for five,000 people who find themselves nonetheless dwelling in emergency lodging or resorts.
The leaders of the CDU and SPD coalition introduced in November 2025 that they might droop this system for brand spanking new housing bins, which recently have 11 websites. The rationale given was once that the lodging was once now not wanted in the interim.
The brand new emergency refuge Tegel is getting larger
This doesn’t have an effect on the brand new lodging in Hassenheide, the place 921 puts will probably be to be had from October. Emergency lodging at Terminal C of the previous Tegel Airport, which reopened in January 2026, will probably be higher from 500 to one,000 puts, LAF introduced. The so-called Tempohome on Finckensteinallee (245 puts), i.e. the container village, is anticipated to be operational once more this yr after an extended renovation.
In keeping with the LAF, two lodging in Kreuzberg will probably be closed in 2026 because of the expiration in their contracts: the previous hostel on Warschauer Platz and the “Tempohome” on Alte Jakobstrasse.
The State Place of business for Refugee Affairs is Berlin’s central state authority for the registration, care and lodging of asylum seekers and different refugees. The place of business recently has 523 workers at a number of places.
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