On top of soaring healthcare costs, rising crime, and overburdened schools, the German court system can add itself to the list of institutions feeling pressure due to soaring migration numbers. Rejected asylum seekers are once again suing to stay in Germany in growing numbers, with the administrative courts seeing 100,494 new cases in 2024.
The rules in Germany allow asylum seekers to sue if their asylum case is rejected, with the state of Brandenburg seeing the sharpest increase, with 6,138 cases, a 134 percent increase.
In 2023, there were 72,000 such cases, while in 2022, there were 62,000, according to a survey conducted by the German Judges’ Journal. That means there has been a 62 percent increase since 2022, according to Welt newspaper.
In 2017 and 2018, the number of such lawsuits was much higher but then fell from that time.
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