Germany Sees Number , of Refugees, Continue to Increase.br ABC News reports that over 244,000 people applied br for asylum in Germany in 2022 in addition br to over one million Ukrainian refugees. .br Most of the asylum-seekers came from br Syria, Afghanistan, Turkey and Iraq. .br ABC News reports that refugees from Ukraine br don't have to apply for asylum, as they are br immediately offered temporary residency status.br The number of people seeking br asylum in Germany increased br by 27.9 when compared to 2021.br According to German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Russia's "war of aggression against Ukraine has triggered the largest flight movement in Europe since World War II.".br According to German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, Russia's "war of aggression against Ukraine has triggered the largest flight movement in Europe since World War II.".br The number of asylum-seekers increased in the final br three months of 2022, as many attempted to reach br the safety of Germany through the Balkan route.br In other parts of the world, too, people br are fleeing war and terror, as reflected in br the significant increase in the number br of asylum applications filed in 2022, Nancy Faeser, German Interior Minister, via ABC News.br Faeser also thanked the German people br for welcoming refugees from Ukraine br with overwhelming support. .br According to Faeser, the German government is working br to integrate asylum-seekers faster than in the pastbr by making language classes immediately available.