Overview

• The official recognition rate dropped to 26.5% in the first six months of 2025, down from 59% to 72% in comparable periods over the past four years.
• Nearly 90,900 new asylum lawsuits were filed in the first half of 2025, exceeding the total for all of 2023.
• Courts issued about 52,000 asylum rulings in the period, which the government says is more and faster than in recent years.
• Roughly 9,000 applicants initially rejected by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees ultimately received protection after judicial decisions or renewed review.
• Left Party lawmaker Clara Bünger questioned the role of the political climate and criticized safe-country rules and accelerated procedures, arguing they risk missing legitimate protection needs.