Germany’s constitutional guarantee of asylum was amended, sharply cutting asylum arrivals

Evidence

In Germany Chancellor Helmut Kohl and other political leaders also expressed concerns about immigration, and in its most important move, the government amended Article XVI of the German constitution guaranteeing asylum to “people persecuted on political grounds” and cut benefits to asylum seekers. In 1992, 438,000 people came to Germany for asylum; in 1994 only 127,000 did. — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 538

Categorization

• QUESTION: The 71% drop in asylum arrivals (438k to 127k) — how much was the amendment vs. other factors like Balkan peace and border enforcement?
• XREF: connects to: A single 1993 asylum law both conceded to xenophobia and seeded a pro-immigration reaction — Manuel Borutta and Jan C. Jansen, Vertriebene and Pieds-Noirs in Postwar…, 212