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Four offenders deported from Thuringia: The Federal Police transported Afghan nationals subject to deportation to their country of origin on a charter plane ...
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Four offenders deported from Thuringia
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These letters show how Germany is failing at deportations: Eine Meldepflicht soll helfen, Ausreisepflichtige aufzuspüren. Bei Verstößen gewinnen Behörden bis zu ...
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These letters show how Germany is failing at deportations
Key FactsKarlsruhe Letters Intended to Facilitate Dublin Transfers
3 days ago · Reading time: ~30 sec.
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  • The letters require recipients for three weeks to report departures from their rooms between 10 p.m. and 4 a.m. weekdays.

  • According to authorities, a violation can establish absconding and extend the Dublin deadline from six months to up to three years.

  • Authorities have no statistics on the letters and have not answered whether more transfers result.

  • In Baden-Württemberg, 3,618 of 5,717 planned measures failed in 2023; the figures were 4,730 of 7,603 in 2024 and 5,846 of 9,243 in 2025.
Despite this, few deportations: In the Neuwied district, the number of people required to leave the country is growing.
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Despite this, few deportations: In the Neuwied district, the number of ...
Kleve District: This is how asylum seekers who commit crimes are deported from the Kleve district
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Kleve District: This is how asylum seekers who commit crimes are deported ...
Illegal foreigners - | Thuringia is deporting more - | Sonneberg isn't: Thuringia is making slow progress in its plan to deport more foreigners who are ...
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Illegal foreigners - | Thuringia is deporting more - | Sonneberg isn't
“55 percent are not criminals”: ​​Dobrindt still allows Afghans to be deported – | with the help of the Taliban
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“55 percent are not criminals”: ​​Dobrindt still allows Afghans to be ...
Murder, Robbery, and Arson: 22 Offenders Deported to Afghanistan: The German government has made it its mission to increase the number of deportations to ...
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Murder, Robbery, and Arson: 22 Offenders Deported to Afghanistan
Ministry: Criminal deported from Thuringia to Tunisia: A criminal who was most recently incarcerated in Hohenleuben Prison has been deported (illustration).
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Ministry: Criminal deported from Thuringia to Tunisia
Will Baden-Württemberg soon deport Afghans who are not criminals?: For the first time, Germany has deported a man to Afghanistan who was not a serious criminal ...
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Will Baden-Württemberg soon deport Afghans who are not criminals?
More Charter Flights Planned: Ministry of the Interior Expands Deportations to Afghanistan
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More Charter Flights Planned: Ministry of the Interior Expands ...
Key FactsDeportations to Afghanistan to Increase Significantly
Jun 21, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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  • Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt aims to expand deportations to Afghanistan with up to three flights each month.

  • These deportations primarily target serious offenders currently imprisoned in Germany.

  • The federal government holds technical talks with the Taliban, despite not recognizing them as Afghanistan's legitimate rulers.

  • Human rights groups criticize the deportations, warning they may legitimize the Taliban regime.
  • Deportations of criminals to Afghanistan are carried out regularly and reliably. Whoever abuses our protection and commits serious crimes here must seek his future in his homeland. Our society has a legitimate interest in ensuring that criminals leave our country. This is being enforced consistently.
    — Alexander Dobrindt (CSU), Interior Minister, said this in an interview with Bild am Sonntag.
Significant increase: More and more deportations from Thuringia are failing: 81 Afghans were returned to their homeland from Leipzig/Halle Airport in July ...
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Significant increase: More and more deportations from Thuringia are ...
Thuringian Ministry of Justice: Four Afghan criminals deported: A Qatar Airways plane took off from Leipzig/Halle Airport on Friday with 81 people on board to ...
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Thuringian Ministry of Justice: Four Afghan criminals deported
This is why four Afghans were deported from Thuringia.: 81 Afghans were returned to their homeland from Leipzig/Halle Airport on Friday morning ...
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This is why four Afghans were deported from Thuringia.
Deportation detention in Thuringia: Municipalities report high demand: Deportation detention places are to be created in the youth detention center in Arnstadt ...
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Deportation detention in Thuringia: Municipalities report high demand
Key FactsConcerns Rise Over Deportations After Deadly Attack
Jan 24, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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  • The fatal stabbing in Aschaffenburg sparked scrutiny over why a previously convicted, deportable Afghan suspect remained free.

  • As of December 31, 2024, there were 23,487 deportable asylum seekers in Baden-Württemberg, including 1,313 from Afghanistan, though deportations are often paused.

  • Obstacles to deportation include unclear identities, lack of documents, family ties, and multiple legal provisions delaying removals.

  • In 2024, 2,873 individuals were deported, including 736 criminals, while officials urge the federal government to resume deportations of high-risk offenders.
  • To resume the repatriations of serious offenders and threats, including to Afghanistan, and to make the necessary preparations for this.
    — Minister Marion Gentges and State Secretary Siegfried Lorek (both CDU) urgently appeal to the Federal Ministry of the Interior.