MORE THAN 17,000 MIGRANTS FILE LAWSUITS IN GERMANY:

More than 17,000 asylum seekers in Germany have filed lawsuits against the government aimed at getting their families to join them leaving courts struggling to cope. And now it is feared the legal action will open the floodgates to a new wave of mass immigration into the country. It comes as many in Germany say the social fabric is already at breaking point in many places and the fear of violence with natives is a real danger. The migrants are seeking a change to their subsidiary protection status in Germany which can delay family reunification by two years. This wave of litigation is rolling through the country's administrative courts. In the first eight months of this year over 17,000 cases were filed, 6,000 of them in August alone, with 15,000 of the claims by Syrians. It is believed that judges are likely to uphold their complaints in 90% of cases, affording them 'superior protection' in accordance with the Geneva Convention on refugees. Combined with the thousands of rejected migrants fighting deportation orders, observers say the German justice system could be mired in costly refugee-related litigation for a decade to come. (UK Daily Mail)