The 2014 Migration Report, drafted by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, was presented by Federal Interior Minister Dr. Thomas de Maizière on 6 January 2016. In addition to comprehensive data on migration regarding Germany, the Report contains a European comparison on migration-related events and on asylum-related immigration. Among several topics, it provides information on the structure and development of the population with a migration background.

Major results:

• 2014 witnessed the highest level of immigration and the highest net migration since 1992. The number of those moving away rose by 15 percent; the migration surplus is 550,000 persons.  
• Immigration increased by 19 percent year-on-year in 2014.
• Internal EU migration accounts for 55 percent of total immigration to Germany.
• The year-on-year increase in the number of asylum applicants continued as a result of the increase in the number of trouble spots in the world (+60 percent to 203,000 applicants).
• Immigration by specialist workers from outside the European Union rose by 13 percent year-on-year in 2014.   
• 93,000 young people who obtained their higher education entrance qualification abroad commenced studies in Germany; this is a record number.   
• Poland remained immigrants’ main country of origin, as it has been the case since 1996.   
• Immigration from Croatia, Romania and Bulgaria rose continually since EU accession.   
• One in five of Germany’s inhabitants has a migration background.
• One in tree children aged under ten living in Germany has a migration background.