November 18, 2003
It appears that Iraqi applications for asylum in Germany have reduced significantly since Feb 2003.
*Omitting January because it was prior to the war.
(Hat-tip to Buzzmachine)
Statistics from 1996 to Oct 2003 can be found here. I broke it down into monthly averages to further illustrate the differences:
| Year | Monthly Average |
| 1996 | 904 |
| 1997 | 1240 |
| 1998 | 619 |
| 1999 | 721 |
| 2000 | 966 |
| 2001 | 1431 |
| 2002 | 854 |
| 2003 | 300 |
| 2003* | 222 |
