Unaccompanied underage arrivals in care by gender Germany

In 2020, around 88 percent of unaccompanied underage arrivals in Germany taken into care were male, while just over 12 percent were female. For females, this was an increase compared to the year before.

Distribution of underage children taken into care due to unaccompanied arrival in Germany from 2011 to 2022, by gender

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

Germany

Survey time period

2011 to 2022

Age group

Under 18

Supplementary notes

¹ Until 2016: taken into care according to §42 SGB VIII; from 2017: preliminary and regular care based on §§42 SGB VIII and 42a SGB VIII (may apply to unaccompanied children and adolescents arriving in Germany).

² According to the source, from 2017 onwards double counts of children and adolescents are possible, if these have first been taking into preliminary care based on § 42a SGB VIII and subsequently once again taken into care on a regular basis following § 42 Absatz 1 Number 3 SGB VIII (may apply to unaccompanied children and adolescents arriving in Germany). The source notes that time period comparisons are therefore possible only in a limited capacity.

Ab 2014: children and adolescents with gender listed as "no information" (based on § 22 Absatz 3 PStG) listed under male, according to the source.

Figures preceding 2019 were retrieved from earlier issues of the report.

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