Foreign Affairs
Thousands Of Migrants Win Lawsuits Against Germany Over Immigration Status
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Thousands of migrants have sued the German government for not granting them full refugee status and almost all of them have won.
More than 17,000 migrants have taken the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) to court this year over Germany’s tightened immigration policy. Authorities decided to increase the number of refugees who fall under “subsidiary protection” in February — an asylum form that doesn’t come with the benefits of being a refugee.
The chance of winning a lawsuit over immigration status is about 90 percent, as administrative courts find it reasonable to grant full protection under the Geneva convention, Süddeutsche Zeitung reports.
The number of refugees who pursue legal action is also increasing, with 6,000 cases going through courts in August alone. The vast majority of plaintiffs this year, about 15,000, have been Syrian nationals.
Many refugees are also suing the government for taking too long with processing asylum applications. German magazine Focus reported in August that around 5,800 lawsuits against BAMF were filed by migrants during the first five months of the year. That number is more than double the 2,300 complaints filed in all of 2015, and many cases have proven successful in speeding up the process.
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