Asylum lawsuits are taking longer again – Saxony is at the bottom

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If an asylum application is rejected in Germany and those affected file suit, they need to prepare themselves for significantly more patience after years of acceleration. In Saxony, proceedings take the longest; in Rhineland-Palatinate, they move the fastest.

The data is based on a response from the federal government to a question from Left party (Die Linke) member of parliament Clara Bünger. According to this, the average duration of lawsuits against asylum decisions is rising again, after having declined for several years beforehand.

For those affected, who are already going through a stressful phase, this means additional limbo: between the rejection notice, court hearing, and judgment, very different numbers of months pass depending on the federal state.

Why Saxony in particular stands out

In Saxony, particularly many refugees from Venezuela are taking their cases to court. The state is at the bottom of the national comparison in terms of the duration of asylum lawsuit proceedings. Exactly how large the gap to the other states is cannot be clearly determined from the available data – all that is clear is that proceedings there take significantly more time than elsewhere.

Also noteworthy is a look at the other end of the scale: Rhineland-Palatinate processes the lawsuits most swiftly. The state-by-state comparison thus reveals an enormous spread – while some states decide their cases quickly, others take considerably longer.

What The Left sees as the cause

Clara Bünger sees a specific reason for the longer proceedings. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bamf) rejected more refugees from countries in 2025 in which the human rights situation had tended to deteriorate.

This affected, for example, the countries of origin Iran, Russia, Afghanistan, and Turkey.

The more complex the assessment of the security situation in the countries of origin, the more complex the judicial review. This is reflected in the files – and in the waiting time for those affected.

What this means for asylum seekers

Anyone currently filing suit should plan for significantly different time spans depending on the federal state. Those living in Saxony need the most patience; those whose cases are being heard in Rhineland-Palatinate have the better chances. The Left party interprets the development as a sign that the acceleration policy of recent years is reaching its limits as soon as the situation in countries of origin becomes more complicated. What conclusions the federal government draws from the response to Bünger's question remained initially unclear.