Overview
- As of November 30, 2025, Bavarian administrative courts logged about 31,400 new asylum filings, up from roughly 20,500 in 2024 and 14,100 in 2023, according to the VGH.
- The courts report around 20,900 asylum cases still pending, while approximately 22,100 cases were completed between January and November.
- Average duration for main asylum proceedings in Bavaria stands at 8.6 months, exceeding the minister-presidents’ benchmark of six months set in November 2023.
- The Bamf took an average of 8.7 months last year to issue first-instance decisions, and an expanded volume of Bamf notices is feeding more appeals into the courts.
- Bavaria has concentrated selected origin-country cases at specific courts since September 2024—such as Augsburg (Yemen, Nigeria), Bayreuth (Jordan, Peru), Regensburg (Angola, DR Congo, Congo, Sierra Leone, Uganda), and Würzburg (Turkey)—a model the VGH says is effective, with further concentrations planned in 2026.