Refugees and asylum: facts and figures

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Status 31/03/2026

Code number

31.03.2025

30.06.2025

30.09.2025

31.12.2025

31.03.2026

People with an asylum-related immigration background

7,720

7.611

7.638

7.628

7.583

of which  asylum seekers

851

862

882

857

794

          Persons granted asylum

94

91

110

139

152

         Other refugees    

 

         of which refugees living under international

                        protection status

2.693

2,620

2,698

2.860

2,917

               Subsidiary protection

1.885

1.858

1.859

1.826

1,778

             Deportation ban

1.245

1.234

1.157

1.012

996

            Rejected asylum seekers

630

636

623

644

660

          Opportunity-Residency

322

310

309

290

286

     

 

Other

900

907

918

932

937

of which  Resettlement/ AO

420

420

420

416

419

             Family reunification

448

467

475

494

495

           Other        

32

20

23

22

23

 

 

Status 31/03/2026


Statistics of persons with an asylum-related immigration background and other - age structure with comparison to the previous year

Key figure31 March 202531 March 202631 March 2026.2026Change
absolute
Change
relative
              absolute
People with an asylum-related immigration background and others8.6198,520- 99- 1.1%
of which aged ... to ... years 

 

 

 

               under 1 year

28

28

+ 0

+ 0,0 %

              1 - 3

199

209

+ 10

+ 5,0 %

              4 - 6

392

389

- 3

- 0,8 %

                7 - 10

763

765

+ 2

+ 0,3 %

                11 - 16

1.093

1.099

+ 6

+ 0,5 %

                17 - 18

363

353

- 10

- 2,8 %

                19 - 27

1.746

1.643

- 103

- 5.9 %

               28 - 29

452

426

- 26

- 5,8 %

                30 - 39

1,840

1.790

- 50

- 2,7 %

                40 - 49

1.031

1.052

+ 21

+ 2,0 %

                50 - 59

461

490

+ 29

+ 6,3 %

              60 - 69

174

200

+ 26

+ 14.9 %

                70 - 79

59

57

- 2

- 3.4 %

               80 and older

18

19

+ 1

+ 5.6 %

 

 

Age structure with previous year comparison

<td2026><td rowspan="2">Change<br>absolute</td><td rowspan="2">Change<br>relative</td></td2026>
Number31 March 202531 March 2026Change
absolute
Change
relative
                 absolute
Persons with legal status family reunification 448 495+ 47+ 10.5 %
of which aged ... to ... years    
               under 1 year....
              1 - 379+ 2+ 28.6 %
              4 - 6 26 42+ 16+ 61.5 %
               7 - 10 56 67+ 11+ 19.6 %
             11 - 16 100 108+ 8+ 8.0 %
               17 - 18 27 23- 4- 14.8 %
               19 - 27 51 63+ 12+ 23.5 %
               28 - 29 18 20+ 2+ 11.1 %
             30 - 39 82 79- 3- 3,7 %
             40 - 49 52 54+ 2+ 3,8 %
             50 - 59 17 19+ 2+ 11.8 %
               60 - 6998- 1- 11.1 %
                70 - 79....
               80 and older....

 

Gender and family reunification, nationality

 31.03.2026
People with an asylum-related immigration background and others8.520
of whichmale5,159
 female, diverse or unknown3.361
of whichlegal status family reunion 495
 of which      male 164
                   female, diverse or unknown 331
   
including nationality 
Syria, Arab Republic3.243
Afghanistan1.807
Iraq  441
Russian Federation348
Libya  289
Iran, Islam. Republic 294
Eritrea  254
Lebanon  222
Pakistan  268
Turkey 234
Venezuela 152
unexplained377

 

 

31.03.2026

absoluteproportion of the
total population
of the district
People with an asylum-related immigration background and others8.5203.4%
of which in the district    
 01Centre2.73816.8 %
 02Schloßchemnitz 3292.4 %
 11Furth 14510.8 %
 12Glösa-Draisdorf70.2 %
 13Borna-Heinersdorf761.2 %
 14Ebersdorf 420.6 %
 15Hilbersdorf620.9 %
 16Euba--
 21Sonnenberg 1.1997.0 %
 22Lutherviertel 1703.0 %
 23Yorckgebiet 4366.4 %
 24Gablenz 3912.6 %
 25Adelsberg 90.1 %
 26Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain--
 41Altchemnitz2854.5 %
 42Bernsdorf 5323.7 %
 43Reichenhain--
 44Erfenschlag--
 45Harthau 100.4 %
 46Einsiedel60.2 %
 47Klaffenbach --
 61Helbersdorf 3024.8 %
 62Markersdorf 3783.3 %
 63Morgenleite 2064.5 %
 64Hutholz 671.3 %
 81Kapellenberg 1873.5 %
 82Kappel 2902.9 %
 83Schönau 120.3 %
 84Stelzendorf--
 85Siegmar--
 86Reichenbrand 290.5 %
 87Mittelbach--
 91Kaßberg 3291.8 %
 92Altendorf 1681,4 %
 93Rottluff--
 94Rabenstein--
 95Grüna --
 96Röhrsdorf--
 97Wittgensdorf--
  not assignable109x

 

Time series

StatusNumber of umA

30.06.2016

253

31.12.2016

196

30.06.2017

172

31.12.2017

118

30.06.2018

91

31.12.2018

81

30.06.2019

77

31.12.2019

52

30.06.2020

45

31.12.2020

41

30.06.2021

30

31.12.2021

32

30.06.2022

44

31.12.2022

105

30.06.2023

117

31.12.2023

148

30.06.2024

98

31.12.2024

87

30.06.2025

77

31.12.2025

73

31.01.2026

72

28.02.2026

71