Refugees and asylum: facts and figures

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Status 28.02.2026

Code number

31.03.2025

30.06.2025

30.09.2025

31.12.2025

28.02.2026

Persons with an asylum-related immigration background

7.720

7.611

7.638

7.628

7.588

of which asylum seekers

851

862

882

857

830

Persons entitled to asylum

94

91

110

139

149

Other refugees

of which refugees who fall under international

protection status

2.693

2.620

2.698

2.860

2.895

Subsidiary protection

1.885

1.858

1.859

1.826

1.781

Ban on deportation

1.245

1.234

1.157

1.012

1.009

Rejected asylum seekers

630

636

623

644

637

Opportunities right of residence

322

310

309

290

287

Other

900

907

918

932

938

of which resettlement/ AO

420

420

420

416

419

Family reunification

448

467

475

494

499

Other

32

20

23

22

20

 

 

Status 28.02.2026


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

Code number28.02.202528.02.2026Change in
absolute
Absolute change
relative
absolute
Persons with an asylum-related immigration background and others8.5798.526- 53- 0,6 %
of which aged from ... to ... years

under 1 year

27

28

+ 1

+ 3,7 %

1 - 3

197

206

+ 9

+ 4,6 %

4 - 6

392

400

+ 8

+ 2,0 %

7 - 10

747

756

+ 9

+ 1,2 %

11 - 16

1.085

1.115

+ 30

+ 2,8 %

17 - 18

354

345

- 9

- 2,5 %

19 - 27

1.756

1.651

- 105

- 6,0 %

28 - 29

462

424

- 38

- 8,2 %

30 - 39

1.834

1.792

- 42

- 2,3 %

40 - 49

1018

1.056

+ 38

+ 3,7 %

50 - 59

458

483

+ 25

+ 5,5 %

60 - 69

172

194

+ 22

+ 12,8 %

70 - 79

60

57

- 3

- 5,0 %

80 and older

17

19

+ 2

+ 11,8 %

 

 

Age structure with previous year comparison

Code number28.02.202528.02.2026Change in
absolute
Change in
relative
Absolute
Persons with legal status family reunification428500+ 72+ 16,8 %
of which aged ... to ... years
under 1 year....
1 - 3611+ 5+ 83,3 %
4 - 61942+ 23+ 121,1 %
7 - 105066+ 16+ 32,0 %
11 - 16102112+ 10+ 9,8 %
17 - 182321- 2- 8,7 %
19 - 275060+ 10+ 20,0 %
28 - 291722+ 5+ 29,4 %
30 - 398182+ 1+ 1,2 %
40 - 495055+ 5+ 10,0 %
50 - 591718+ 1+ 5,9 %
60 - 69108- 2- 20,0 %
70 - 79....
80 and older....

 

Gender and family reunification, nationality

28.02.2026
Persons with an asylum-related immigration background and others8.526
of whichmale5.164
Female, diverse or unknown3.362
includingLegal status Family reunification499
of which male166
female, diverse or unknown333
of which with the nationality
Syria, Arab Republic3.254
Afghanistan1.810
Iraq447
Russian Federation337
Libya286
Iran, Islam. Republic of290
Eritrea254
Lebanon224
Pakistan268
Turkey241
Venezuela151
unexplained373

 

31.12.2025

absoluteShare of the
total population
of the neighbourhood
People with an asylum-related immigration background and others8.5603,4 %
of which in the neighbourhood
01Centre2.733616,9 %
02Schloßchemnitz3472,5 %
11Furth14810,9 %
12Glösa-Draisdorf70,2 %
13Borna-Heinersdorf771,2 %
14Ebersdorf460,6 %
15Hilbersdorf570,8 %
16Euba--
21Sonnenberg1.1756,9 %
22Luther neighbourhood1723,0 %
23Yorck neighbourhood4256,2 %
24Gablenz4022,6 %
25Adelsberg80,1 %
26Kleinolbersdorf-Altenhain--
41Altchemnitz3074,9 %
42Bernsdorf5373,7 %
43Reichenhain--
44Erfenschlag--
45Harthau130,6 %
46Einsiedel60,2 %
47Klaffenbach--
61Helbersdorf3084,9 %
62Markersdorf3803,3 %
63Morgenleite2154,7 %
64Hutholz651,3 %
81Kapellenberg1853,5 %
82Kappel2993,0 %
83Schönau110,3 %
84Stelzendorf--
85Siegmar30,1 %
86Reichenbrand280,5 %
87Mittelbach--
91Kaßberg3301,8 %
92Altendorf1661,4 %
93Rottluff--
94Rabenstein--
95Grüna--
96Röhrsdorf--
97Wittgensdorf--
not assignable99x

 

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