Overview

• Saxony’s administrative courts registered 5,447 new asylum cases in the first half of 2025, up from 3,319 a year earlier, according to the OVG in Bautzen.
• Second‑instance applications at the OVG reached 263 in the same period, an increase of 90 compared with the first half of 2024.
• Average durations for asylum main proceedings fell to 14.3 months in H1 2025, down from 16.1 months in 2024 and 17.0 months in 2023.
• Court spokespeople report workloads near capacity because staffing increases have not kept pace with the influx of cases.
• The Justice Ministry expects fewer suits in the second half as BAMF backlog reductions taper off, with a six‑month GEAS decision deadline taking effect in summer 2026.