Updated October 18, 2022 | 10:25
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Greater number of people in primary care
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In September, the number of refugees receiving basic care peaked. With 89,520 people, it was already significantly more than in the refugee crisis years of 2016 and 2017, when almost 80,000 people were served, according to the Ministry of Interior’s asylum statistics.
Of the people seen in primary care at the beginning of September, 82,965 were served by the federal states. According to the Basic Services Database, 6,550 were in the care of the federal government.
The main countries of origin were Ukraine (57,610), Syria (12,561) and Afghanistan (5,321), followed by Iraq (2,623), Somalia (2,076) and Pakistan (1,698). The number of Indian citizens is comparatively small, 662, and the number of arrests has recently increased sharply. This suggests that many of them traveled to other countries.
In the long-term course, since 2008, in addition to this year, the years 2016 and 2017 stand out. From 2008 to 2015, the level of people receiving basic care was between 18,000 and 32,000. And even after 2017, the curve dropped again (2020: 30,878, 2021: 26,659, 2022: 30,221).