The number of unauthorised entries at Germany's borders fell again in August. According to the Federal Police, which released the figures in Potsdam on Friday, 3,587 people attempted to enter Germany last month without valid documents. That was around 14 per cent fewer than in July and 39 per cent fewer than in August 2025. It is also the lowest level recorded in more than five years.
In the first eight months of the current year, the Federal Police registered 32,606 unauthorised entries at Germany's land, air and sea borders. That is 10,276 cases, or roughly 24 per cent, fewer than in the same period last year. The lowest monthly figure of recent years was recorded in January 2021, according to the Federal Police, with 2,727 unauthorised entries.
Checks have been in place at Germany's land borders with all neighbouring countries since September 2024. In the years before that, they had already been introduced at the borders with Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Switzerland in response to the migration situation.
When the black-red government took office in May 2025, Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) also ordered an increase in refusals of entry. Since then, 43,438 people have been turned back, according to the Federal Police. A further 2,203 people have been prevented from crossing the border since May 2025 because they were subject to a re-entry ban.
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