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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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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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Key FactsKarlsruhe Letters Intended to Facilitate Dublin Transfers
3 days ago · Reading time: ~30 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: schwaebische.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: schwaebische.de
- 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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Kleve District: This is how asylum seekers who commit crimes are deported from the Kleve district
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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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Paid articlePaywall“Coesfeld Lists”: Only a Few Municipalities in North Rhine-Westphalia Accept Assistance with Deportations
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“55 percent are not criminals”: Dobrindt still allows Afghans to be deported – | with the help of the Taliban
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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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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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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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Paid articlePaywallMore Charter Flights Planned: Ministry of the Interior Expands Deportations to Afghanistan
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Key FactsDeportations to Afghanistan to Increase Significantly
Jun 21, 2026 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: welt.de
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: welt.de
- 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.
Migration and deportations: Return flights to the Balkans: Currently, about one in four people required to leave the EU actually do so. Among those returning ...
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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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Paid articlePaywallThuringian 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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Paid articlePaywallThis 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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Paid articlePaywallDeportation 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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Paid articlePaywallMore than 23,000 asylum seekers in Baden-Württemberg "required to leave the country"
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Paid articlePaywallKey FactsConcerns Rise Over Deportations After Deadly Attack
Jan 24, 2025 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
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Summary created with AI assistance · Source: stimme.de
- 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.
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