BERLIN - The number of families that have been reunited in Germany has risen last year by 50%, raising from the 70,000 visas granted in 2015 to 105,000 in 2016, Welt online reported Friday, citing the foreign ministry.



The number includes migrants who have joined family members with a German passport, continued Welt, but the most considerable number - some 73,000 visas - concerned Syrian and Iraqi families (24,000 in 2015).



The number of visas granted for families with minors was more reduced with ''only 3,200 granted in 2016'', Welt reported.