"We Need to Get Much Faster in Deportations"

Despite passport replacement documents, asylum seekers who are obliged to leave Germany often do not leave. "28 percent of them have now received a residence permit", says the domestic politician Stephan Mayer (CSU).

BAMF issues documents – but the obligation to leave is usually not fulfilled – thousands of passport replacement documents issued by the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) are actually intended to enable the return of persons obliged to leave without a valid passport. However, the sobering reality: In most cases, despite the documents issued, no actual departure is made. Between 2020 and 2024 alone, the BAMF issued around 7.557 suc…

Without passports, migrants who are obliged to leave the country cannot be deported. However, even replacement documents organised by the Bamf often do not lead them to leave the country. Mostly the federal states mislead this. This contribution Migration policy Even replacement passports usually do not lead to deportations was published on JUNGE FREIHEIT.