Two asylum seekers in a Düsseldorf court over their application decisions. The massive number of court cases challenging asylum decisions have stretched authorities "to the limits", a leading judge told German media on Thursday. The chair of the Association of German Administrative Law Judges told publishing group Redaktionsnetzwerk Deutschland (RND) that the number of people bringing legal challenges against their asylum request decisions has overwhelmed the administrative courts. “The administrative court system cannot endure such a figure in the long run. The discovery prompted an early review this summer of up to 100,000 asylum decisions, which the Interior Ministry said could lead to delays in overall processing times.

Source: The Local July 20, 2017 14:03 UTC