The number of deportations from Germany has recently risen significantly. A spokesman for the Federal Ministry of the Interior announced that deportations in 2024 have so far been 30 percent higher than in the same period last year. Last year there was already an increase of 25 percent compared to 2022, he said on Friday in Berlin. The tightening of laws that have been passed will take effect.
According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, there were a total of 6,316 deportations from January to April 2024, compared to 4,792 in the same period last year. A total of 16,430 deportations from Germany were carried out last year. In 2022, the figures were 12,945 deportations for the entire year.
In 2023 and 2022, many people were deported to North Macedonia, Georgia and Austria. Deportations to EU countries, which also rank at the top, often involve people who have to go through their asylum procedure there instead of in Germany because of a previous stay.
On Thursday, Chancellor Olaf Scholz announced in a government statement that he wanted to make it possible to deport serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria again. The Interior Ministry is currently examining the possibilities for this. Afghanistan and Syria are currently classified as too unsafe.