ISLAMagration: More than 200,000 apply for asylum in Germany in 2014

In this Dec. 4, 2014 file picture asylum seekers wait inside the 
Berlin Central Reception Facility for Asylum Seekers in Berlin.

More than 202,000 people applied for asylum in Germany last year, the interior minister said Wednesday, with large numbers coming from war-torn areas in the Mideast and Afghanistan.

The figures represented a 60-percent rise compared to 2013, and Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere announced them as the country grapples with how to integrate newcomers.

Ant-Immigration and Islamization Protest in Dresden

It was the third highest number of asylum seeker applications ever recorded, de Maiziere said in a statement.

The ministry said the agency processing asylum requests and local communities had been receiving financial support to help deal with the high numbers of new arrivals.

a construction worker walks up the staircase of a so-called 
container village for refugees which is partially under 
construction in the district of Koepenick in Berlin.

Cities and rural communities have been struggling to provide housing for the influx. In recent months, asylum seekers across Germany have been put up in tent cities, former army barracks, retired cruise ships and gyms.

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