Migration Processes in Germany: Features and Trends

The article deals with the current migration processes in Germany. The country continues to act as a point of attraction for both foreign labor resources and potential refugees from crisis regions. The increase in the scale of irregular migration faced by Germany stimulates the emergence of new security risks for the state and citizens. The current situation requires the ruling elites to promptly adapt the management mechanisms to changing realities. In addition to solutions related to improving national approaches to the migration track, Berlin's international and interregional cooperation with EU member states through law enforcement agencies and border services, which is aimed at curbing cross-border crime and related illegal migration, is in demand. The German experience in this area can be studied by similar structures of other states. Special attention is paid to the study of transformations of the political landscape under the influence of a complex of internal and external socio-economic factors, including migration processes. The results of the regional election campaigns in 2023 and especially in the autumn of 2024 indicate an expansion of electoral support for non-systemic political forces against the background of a continuing decline in the level of public confidence in the current leadership of the state and a deepening crisis of so called “traditional parties”. The main beneficiary is the “Alternative for Germany” party, whose successes are not local and random but indicate the demand for its program installations among the electorate. The author attempts to identify possible options for the development of the internal political situation in the state, considering the migration factor, including in the context of parliamentary elections in 2025.

migration processes, criminalization of society, electoral campaigns, Alternative for Germany, traditional parties, central register of foreign citizens, interregional cooperation