Number of migrants in Germany hits record high

FILE PHOTO: Migrants are escorted by German police to a registration centre, after crossing the Austrian-German border in Wegscheid near Passau, Germany, October 20, 2015. REUTERS/Michael Dalder/File Photo

BERLIN (Reuters) - More people with foreign citizenship live in Germany than ever before, the Federal Statistics Office said on Thursday, putting the 10.6 million record figure down to an influx of people seeking asylum and migrants from other European Union countries.

Of the 82 million people living in Germany, roughly one in every eight is a foreign national, the office said.