According to the Federal Statistical Office in Wiesbaden, the number of child protection interventions, or ‘Inobhutnahmen’, has decreased from approximately 30,800 to nearly 16,500 cases within a year. This decline follows three consecutive years of increases and is attributed to fluctuations in the number of unaccompanied minors entering the country. The primary reasons for these interventions included parental overwhelm (32%), unaccompanied entries (29%), neglect (16%), physical abuse (15%), and psychological abuse (11%), often occurring in combination. This information was broadcast on July 27, 2026, by Deutschlandfunk.