Germany home to 3.3 mln refugees: Destatis


BERLIN, June 20 (Xinhua) -- The number of refugees living in Germany reached 3.3 million in 2021, the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis) said on Monday on the occasion of World Refugee Day.

More than one in three of these refugees arrived in Germany between 2014 and 2021. Another large group, just under 1 million people, fled or were displaced to Germany immediately after and as a result of World War II. Their average age is 82.

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