German State Has “Lost Control”: Police Called to Asylum Shelters Forty Times a Day
12th August 2025
Police in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia have been called to asylum seeker shelters almost forty times a day on average—more than 1,000 times every month—this year, according to new figures released by the state’s government.
The data—provided in response to a parliamentary question from the right-wing Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party—show that there were 15,825 police deployments to such facilities in 2024.
In the first half of 2025, police were called 6,797 times, averaging more than 1,100 incidents per month.
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