Overview
- Nearly 2,000 inactivity lawsuits over naturalization decisions reached Berlin’s administrative court in the first ten months of the year, up 20% from 2024 and 33 times the 2022 level.
- The Landesamt für Einwanderung is missing the Senate’s three‑month processing target as it handles roughly 75,000 new applications since January 2024 plus about 40,000 older files.
- Justice Senator Felor Badenberg wrote to Interior Senator Iris Spranger requesting urgent measures to address what she called a concerning development affecting the courts.
- The interior administration credits delays to volume rather than inefficiency, pledges continued support for the LEA, and says it has reinforced the office’s process unit.
- Naturalizations have increased, with 21,811 people receiving citizenship last year and 27,055 by the end of August this year.