Half-year comparison: Germany is deporting more people

After a corona-related decline, the number of deportations from Germany is increasing again. According to a media report, 5,688 people were sent back in the first half of the year – including to Afghanistan.

According to a media report, the number of deportations has increased again after a significant decline in the corona pandemic. In the first six months of this year, 5688 people were deported from Germany, reports the newspapers of the Funke media group. They refer to a response from the Federal Ministry of the Interior to a request from the left-wing parliamentary group.

Almost a tenth of those deported were brought to Georgia – 541 people. It is followed by Albania (456), Serbia (300) and Pakistan (241). In the first half of the year, the authorities also deported 140 people to Afghanistan.

Corona – hardly any flights, fewer deportations

In the first half of 2020, 4,616 people were brought out of the country. The main reason was the corona pandemic, which significantly reduced the number of deportations overall. Many states severely restricted air traffic and closed their borders.

The interior expert of the left-wing parliamentary group, Ulla Jelpke, told the Funke newspapers that the federal and state governments would now “move more people out of the country” “regardless of the concerns of those affected”.

Between 2015 and 2019, between 20,000 and 25,000 people were sent back from Germany to their countries of origin or other EU countries every year.