Overview
- Since the EU reform took effect on 12 June 2026, the German government says a majority of asylum claims have been opened as accelerated “Schnellverfahren” that must be decided within three months.
- Under those fast‑track rules, applicants rejected in accelerated procedures can be deported while their court appeals are pending unless a judge grants an emergency injunction (Eilantrag) to halt removal.
- Germany has set up 282 places to run airport and seaport border procedures that legally treat arrivals as not having entered the country and allow detention during decisions, with facilities listed in Frankfurt, BER, Munich and Pforzheim.
- Rights groups and case reports collected by Pro Asyl describe failures in care and legal access in the new border facilities, citing examples such as a trans woman from Uzbekistan who lacked medical support and a Georgian family temporarily kept in the procedure.
- Practical limits mean few people have yet gone through airport procedures — 36 cases were recorded from June to August — but critics warn the compressed timelines and early deportations could raise wrongful rejections, prompt legal challenges, and change how Germany handles land arrivals and Dublin transfers.