![]() Similarly to previous years, in 2022, the average duration of procedures was significantly below the average of 8.3 months for asylum seekers from some of the European ‘safe countries of origin’ and from Georgia: This information was not confirmed by the BAMF, however. Furthermore, according to the EU Fundamental Rights Agency, when hearing resumed the BAMF did not prioritise vulnerable applicants. However, during the first wave and when in-person applications and hearing were suspended, BAMF branch offices focused on deciding cases which had been pending for a longer time and where the interview had already taken place. ![]() This also applied during the outbreak of Covid-19. Since then, the branch offices of the BAMF and the arrival centres decide on their own whether they set any priority in dealing with caseloads, in particular dependent on availability of staff members with the necessary country expertise and availability of interpreters. The clustering system was also abandoned in the first half of 2017. It was partially replaced by a system of ‘clustering’ applications with the aim of prioritising the caseloads from countries of origin with high and low protection rates. Prioritisation of applications from certain countries was revoked in the second quarter of 2016. Paula Hoffmeyer-Zlotnik and Marlene StillerĪs a response to the high numbers of asylum applications in Germany in 20, the BAMF prioritised applications from specific nationalities at different points in time.
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