Asylum in Germany during the New Exodus - A Secondary Analysis on Official Reports

Abstract

This article contains a synthesis of quantitative data relevant to the "European refugee crisis" which started in 2015, when a large number of people migrated from West Asia, South Asia, and Africa to Europe, especially to Germany. I call this phenomenon "new exodus." Through secondary analysis of recent European and German official reports on migration, I tried to provide a clear image capable of offering us an understanding of the social dimension of this phenomenon. I have also clarified the main concepts used in the public discourse on the refugee crisis, with a focus on the “asylum seeker” – the main indicator in the European and German statistics.