Annex 3 to Question 12 F)

Annex 3 to question 12 f)

Note: Data are not collected on the reasons for court actions (Klagen), appeals on fact and law (Berufungen) and appeals on law (Revisionen) lodged against revocation decisions issued by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees. The number and outcome of these appeal procedures are shown in the table below.

I. 2014:

Revocation procedures carried out

2014 / Initiated
revocati-on procedu-res / Total
decis-ions / Revocation/withdrawal of
status under Article 16a of Basic Law (Grundgesetz, GG) / Revocation/withdrawal of
refugee
status / Revocation/withdrawal of
subsidiary
protection / No
revocation/
withdrawal
Num-ber / Percen-tage / Num-ber / Percen-tage / Num-ber / Percen-tage / Number / Percen- tage
All countries of origin / 12,527 / 16,061 / 357 / 2.2 / 257 / 1.6 / 154 / 1.0 / 15,293 / 95.2
Iraq / 3,716. / 4,098 / 5 / 0.1 / 70 / 1.7 / 2 / 0.0 / 4,021 / 98.1
Iran / 1,901 / 2,549 / 9 / 0.4 / 20 / 0.8 / 5 / 0.2 / 2,515 / 98.7
Afghanistan / 1,376 / 1,745 / 5 / 0.3 / 4 / 0.2 / 26 / 1.5 / 1,710 / 98.0
Syria / 1,174 / 1,134 / 8 / 0.7 / 24 / 2.1 / 2 / 0.2 / 1,100 / 97.0
Turkey / 765 / 965 / 70 / 7.3 / 19 / 2.0 / 16 / 1.7 / 860 / 89.1
Somalia / 476 / 657 / 1 / 0.2 / 1 / 0.2 / - / - / 655 / 99.7
Pakistan / 384 / 309 / - / - / 1 / 0.3 / - / - / 308 / 99.7
Eritrea / 369 / 498 / 6 / 1.2 / 4 / 0.8 / - / - / 488 / 98.0
Russian Fed. / 309 / 606 / - / - / 5 / 0.8 / 9 / 1.5 / 592 / 97.7
Kosovo / 221 / 593 / 182 / 30.7 / 44 / 7.4 / 21 / 3.5 / 346 / 58.3
Sri Lanka / 187 / 499 / 13 / 2.6 / 6 / 1.2 / 5 / 1.0 / 475 / 95.2
Ethiopia / 181 / 246 / 5 / 2.0 / 1 / 0.4 / 1 / 0.4 / 239 / 97.2
Undetermined / 123 / 127 / 2 / 1.6 / 3 / 2.4 / 5 / 3.9 / 117 / 92.1
Azerbaijan / 122 / 229 / - / - / 4 / 1.7 / 1 / 0.4 / 224 / 97.8
China / 119 / 140 / 1 / 0.7 / 4 / 2.9 / 4 / 2.9 / 131 / 93.6

Appeals against decisions in revocation procedures:

Revocation procedures
January –
December 2014 / Lodged court actions, appeals on fact and law, appeals on law only / Court decisions / Pending appeals
Revocation of status under Article 16a GG/ refugee status / subsidiary protection / No revocation / Other outcomes of the procedures (e.g. withdrawals)
Number / Percentage / Number / Per-centage / Number / Percentage
All countries of origin / 323 / 312 / 96 / 30.8 / 80 / 25.6 / 136 / 43.6 / 455
including
Afghanistan / 24 / 27 / 7 / 25.9 / 7 / 25.9 / 13 / 48.1 / 46
Angola / 5 / 1 / 0 / 0.0 / 1 / 100.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 15
Armenia / 9 / 5 / 1 / 20.0 / 2 / 40.0 / 2 / 40.0 / 8
Eritrea / 5 / 1 / 1 / 100.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 4
Iraq / 37 / 54 / 15 / 27.8 / 13 / 24.1 / 26 / 48.1 / 79
Iran / 15 / 14 / 4 / 28.6 / 5 / 35.7 / 5 / 35.7 / 16
Congo, Dem. Rep. / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 11
Kosovo / 65 / 29 / 13 / 44.8 / 0 / 0.0 / 16 / 55.2 / 58
Russian Fed. / 5 / 6 / 3 / 50.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 3 / 50.0 / 13
Serbia / 4 / 1 / 1 / 100.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 7
Other Asian nationals / 5 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 7
Sri Lanka / 21 / 24 / 8 / 33.3 / 10 / 41.7 / 6 / 25.0 / 16
Syria / 18 / 22 / 2 / 9.1 / 5 / 22.7 / 15 / 68.2 / 8
Turkey / 59 / 84 / 25 / 29.8 / 27 / 32.1 / 32 / 38.1 / 97
Vietnam / 6 / 1 / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 1 / 100.0 / 8

2015

Revocation procedures carried out

2015 / Iniatiat-ed revoc-ation proced-ures / Total
decisi-ons / Revocation/withdrawal of status under Article 16a GG / Revocation/
withdrawal of refugee
status / Revocation/withdrawal of subsidiary
protec-tion / No revocation/ no with-
drawal
Num-ber / Percen-tage / Num-ber / Percen-tage / Num-ber / Percen-tage / Number / Percen-tage
All countries of origin / 8,302 / 9,894 / 140 / 1.4 / 101 / 1.0 / 62 / 0.6 / 9,591 / 96.9
Iraq / 1,941 / 2,347 / 3 / 0.1 / 4 / 0.2 / - / - / 2,340 / 99.7
Syria / 1,710 / 1,911 / - / - / 3 / 0.2 / 7 / 0.4 / 1,901 / 99.5
Iran / 1,135 / 1,358 / 6 / 0.4 / 12 / 0.9 / 1 / 0.1 / 1,339 / 98.6
Afghanistan / 878 / 1,086 / - / - / 5 / 0.5 / 7 / 0.6 / 1,074 / 98.9
Turkey / 528 / 579 / 51 / 8.8 / 20 / 3.5 / 7 / 1.2 / 501 / 86.5
Pakistan / 256 / 379 / - / - / 1 / 0.3 / 1 / 0.3 / 377 / 99.5
Russian Fed. / 191 / 207 / 1 / 0.5 / 3 / 1.4 / - / - / 203 / 98.1
Somalia / 185 / 251 / - / - / 1 / 0.4 / - / - / 250 / 99.6
Eritrea / 168 / 242 / - / - / 2 / 0.8 / - / - / 240 / 99.2
Sri Lanka / 133 / 151 / 2 / 1.3 / 4 / 2.6 / 5 / 3.3 / 140 / 92.7
Undetermined / 118 / 152 / 1 / 0.7 / 1 / 0.7 / 3 / 2.0 / 147 / 96.7
Kosovo / 114 / 128 / 34 / 26.6 / 5 / 3.9 / 8 / 6.3 / 81 / 63.3
Ethiopia / 83 / 89 / 1 / 1.1 / - / - / 1 / 1.1 / 87 / 97.8
China / 80 / 99 / 1 / 1.0 / 1 / 1.0 / 1 / 1.0 / 96 / 97.0
Stateless / 75 / 108 / - / - / - / - / - / - / 108 / 100.0

Appeals against decisions in revocation procedures:

Revocation procedures
January –
December 2015 / Lodged court actions, appeals on fact and law, appeals on law only / Court decisions / Pending appeals
Revocation of status under Article 16a GG / refugee status / subsidiary protection / No revocation / Other outcomes of the procedures (e.g. withdrawals)
Number / Percentage / Number / Percentage / Number / Percentage
All countries of origin / 147 / 234 / 72 / 30.8% / 55 / 23.5% / 107 / 45.7% / 342
including
Turkey / 44 / 63 / 19 / 30.2% / 16 / 25.4% / 28 / 44.4% / 73
Kosovo / 19 / 36 / 9 / 25.0% / 5 / 13.9% / 22 / 61.1% / 38
Afghanistan / 9 / 19 / 6 / 31.6% / 5 / 26.3% / 8 / 42.1% / 34
Sri Lanka / 9 / 10 / 0 / 0.0% / 8 / 80.0% / 2 / 20.0% / 15
Syria / 8 / 10 / 2 / 20.0% / 0 / 0.0% / 8 / 80.0% / 6
Russian Fed. / 3 / 7 / 5 / 71.4% / 2 / 28.6% / 0 / 0.0% / 6
Angola / 1 / 6 / 1 / 16.7% / 2 / 33.3% / 3 / 50.0% / 9
Congo, Dem. Rep. / 1 / 5 / 1 / 20.0% / 0 / 0.0% / 4 / 80.0% / 6
Iran / 7 / 4 / 2 / 50.0% / 1 / 25.0% / 1 / 25.0% / 18
Azerbaijan / 10 / 3 / 0 / 0.0% / 1 / 33.3% / 2 / 66.7% / 8
Vietnam / 5 / 3 / 2 / 66.7% / 0 / 0.0% / 1 / 33.3% / 10
Bosn-Herzeg. / 1 / 3 / 2 / 66.7% / 0 / 0.0% / 1 / 33.3% / 1
Serbia / 5 / 2 / 0 / 0.0% / 2 / 100.0% / 0 / 0.0% / 10
Ethiopia / 1 / 2 / 1 / 50.0% / 0 / 0.0% / 1 / 50.0% / 3
China / 1 / 2 / 1 / 50.0% / 0 / 0.0% / 1 / 50.0% / 3

2016

Revocation procedures carried out

2016 / Initiated
revocation
procedures / Total decisions / Revocation/
withdrawal
of status under Article 16a GG / Revocation/
withdrawal
of refugee status / Revocation/
withdrawal
of subsidiary protection / No
revocation/
withdrawal
Number / Percen-tage / Number / Percen-tage / Number / Percen-tage / Num-ber / Percen-tage
All countries of origin / 3,170 / 2,207 / 83 / 3.8 / 157 / 7.1 / 155 / 7.0 / 1,812 / 82.1
Iraq / 842 / 630 / - / - / 26 / 4.1 / 5 / 0.8 / 599 / 95.1
Syria / 782 / 317 / 1 / 0.3 / 41 / 12.9 / 9 / 2.8 / 266 / 83.9
Afghanistan / 318 / 226 / 1 / 0.4 / 7 / 3.1 / 60 / 26.5 / 158 / 69.9
Turkey / 291 / 224 / 26 / 11.6 / 12 / 5.4 / 2 / 0.9 / 184 / 82.1
Iran / 131 / 123 / 7 / 5.7 / 19 / 15.4 / 2 / 1.6 / 95 / 77.2
Russian Fed. / 89 / 64 / 1 / 1.6 / 3 / 4.7 / 14 / 21.9 / 46 / 71.9
Pakistan / 77 / 48 / - / - / - / - / 2 / 4.2 / 46 / 95.8
Undetermined / 64 / 55 / - / - / 20 / 36.4 / 1 / 1.8 / 34 / 61.8
Kosovo / 58 / 82 / 20 / 24.4 / 4 / 4.9 / 8 / 9.8 / 50 / 61.0
Azerbaijan / 40 / 32 / - / - / 2 / 6.3 / 3 / 9.4 / 27 / 84.4
Eritrea / 38 / 25 / - / - / 1 / 4.0 / 1 / 4.0 / 23 / 92.0
Somalia / 36 / 34 / 1 / 2.9 / - / - / - / - / 33 / 97.1
Libanon / 33 / 19 / - / - / 1 / 5.3 / 5 / 26.3 / 13 / 68.4
Serbia / 32 / 34 / 7 / 20.6 / - / - / 1 / 2.9 / 26 / 76.5
Vietnam / 26 / 20 / 1 / 5.0 / 3 / 15.0 / 1 / 5.0 / 15 / 75.0

Appeals against decisions in revocation procedures:

January –
November 2016 / Lodged court actions, appeals on fact and law, appeals on law only / Court decisions / Pending appeals
Revocation of status under Article 16a GG/ refugee status / subsidiary protection / No revocation / Other outcomes of the procedures (e.g. withdrawals)
Num-ber / Percentage / Num-ber / Percentage / Num-ber / Percentage
All countries of origin / 155 / 119 / 51 / 42.9 / 14 / 11.8% / 54 / 45.4% / 340
including
Afghanistan / 38 / 10 / 6 / 60.0 / 1 / 10.0 / 3 / 30.0 / 56
Syria / 22 / 3 / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 3 / 100.0 / 24
Turkey / 15 / 23 / 7 / 30.4 / 6 / 26.1 / 10 / 43.5 / 56
Undetermined / 11 / 5 / 2 / 40.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 3 / 60.0 / 13
Iran / 9 / 7 / 4 / 57.1 / 0 / 0.0 / 3 / 42.9 / 19
Iraq / 8 / 3 / 2 / 66.7 / 1 / 33.3 / 0 / 0.0 / 48
Armenia / 7 / 2 / 1 / 50.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 1 / 50.0 / 6
Kosovo / 6 / 21 / 6 / 28.6 / 4 / 19.0 / 11 / 52.4 / 18
Other Asian nationals / 6 / 4 / 0 / 0.0 / 1 / 25.0 / 3 / 75.0 / 6
Morocco / 5 / 1 / 1 / 100.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 4
Lebanon / 3 / 4 / 2 / 50.0 / 1 / 25.0 / 1 / 25.0 / 8
Ethiopia / 2 / 1 / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 1 / 100.0 / 3
China / 2 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 0 / 4
India / 2 / 2 / 2 / 100.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 2
Jordan / 2 / 3 / 0 / 0.0 / 0 / 0.0 / 3 / 100.0 / 2

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