Germany has officially declared that its resources for accepting and accommodating migrants have been exhausted, according to a report by Der Spiegel.
In a letter to the European Commission, German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser highlighted the strain on both federal and state-level resources, describing the situation as increasingly alarming.
The letter, addressed to EU officials, emphasized that the capacities of both the federal government and individual states to manage migration have reached their limits. The minister noted that authorities are struggling to accommodate and secure new arrivals.
The letter also included statistics revealing that in the first seven months of 2023, approximately 50,000 illegal migrants arrived in Germany—an unacceptably high figure, according to Faeser.
She expressed further concerns about the inefficiency of the EU's "Dublin" system, which places the responsibility of processing asylum requests on the first EU country a migrant enters.
Germany has recently intensified discussions on tightening immigration policies following a terrorist attack in Solingen on August 23, where a Syrian refugee killed three people and injured eight others in a knife attack. This event has sparked renewed calls for stricter immigration controls in the country.
Germany’s strained migration system is part of a broader EU-wide challenge, where member states are grappling with increasing numbers of asylum seekers amid growing political pressures.
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