Ministry of the Interior Wants to Bring Refugees Back to Greece

For years, a flow of refugees has been arriving in Germany from Greece without legal consequences, but the new government of F riedrich Merz wants to immediately end this practice and announces extensive deportations. In an information letter to the regional governments of the Bundesländer, which has had access to 'Süddeutsche Zeitung', it is announced that the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees will again allow repatriations to Greece , …

For a long time Germany has not deported refugees to Greece. Now the Ministry of the Interior is pushing for a change of course. However, the government in Athens does not agree with this.

The German federal government wants to deport refugees back to Greece again. In recent years, deportations have largely been suspended due to the dubious human rights situation in the Greek asylum system. The new practice applies to refugees who have already been registered as asylum seekers in Greece. The plan is to reduce or even withdraw benefits for those who do not leave Germany despite the request, according to a letter from the German Fed…

For years, Germany did not move any refugees to Greece. This is to change now.