US EditionGermany Updates: Berlin Deports Dozens of Iraqi Citizens
GERMANY, JUL 22 – The deportation targets rejected asylum seekers, including some with criminal records, as part of Germany's migration policy to reduce irregular migration, officials said.
- Yesterday, at Leipzig Airport, 43 Iraqi citizens were deported via a charter flight bound for Baghdad.
- Amid rising irregular migration, EU interior ministers are meeting in Copenhagen for talks on combating organized crime and repatriations, reflecting ongoing migration policy debates.
- The Ministry of Justice of Thuringia said all those deported were 'single men,' some with criminal convictions, and a court ruled Dobrindt's border pushback measures illegal.
- Beate Meißner, Thuringia's Justice Minister, said, `Our message is clear: anyone who does not have a right of residence must leave our country`.
- With migration on the rise, interior ministers from the 27 EU member states will meet in Copenhagen to plan repatriations of rejected asylum seekers and strategies to combat irregular migration and organized crime.
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www.ertnews.grGerman Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is pushing for a much tougher approach to immigration.
On Tuesday, the German authorities announced the deportation of refugees who were obliged to leave the country, with an aircraft taking off from Leipzig airport in the east of the country to the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, with a number of Iraqi refugees on board. According to the German news agency (DBA), based on the data of the Flyet Radar 24 site, the aircraft departed at 10:52 a.m., while police officers supervised the escort of the deportees u…
Only a few days ago, criminals were deported to Afghanistan. Now a deportation flight to Iraq has started in Leipzig.
According to the portal "Flightradar24", the destination is the capital city of Baghdad. According to the news agency dpa, the police had monitored the handling of the flight before taking off and accompanied the passengers individually into the machine. There is no confirmation from the Federal Government so far.
Only a few days ago Afghan criminals were deported to Kabul. Now a deportation flight to Iraq has started in Leipzig. Information about the number of persons on board is not yet available.
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