More than 6,000 deportations from Germany since the beginning of the year
Germany deported 6,151 people during the first three months of 2025, a figure higher than in previous years, according to a response from the German government to an inquiry from the Left Party in parliament. If this rate continues, deportations could reach 24,000 by the end of the year, an unprecedented number compared to 2024 (20,000 deportations) and 2023 (16,500 deportations).
The most common deportation destinations included Turkey (502 cases), Georgia (454), France (333), Spain (325), and Serbia (291). The deportations also included 157 people to Iraq and 5 to Iran. About 1,700 of these deportations were under the "Dublin" agreement, which requires asylum seekers to submit their applications in the first European country they enter.
Most of the deportations (5,216 cases) were carried out by air, 913 by land, and 22 by sea. More than a third of these deportations were conducted through charter flights, which are very expensive. The cost of a mass deportation to Pakistan was €462,000, to Ethiopia €418,000, and the costs of deportations to Nigeria, Ghana, and Cameroon were around €380,000, although the European Border and Coast Guard Agency "Frontex" contributed to covering part of these costs.
The new Minister of the Interior, Alexander Dobrindt, stated before Parliament his plans to tighten immigration policy, emphasizing that the return of asylum seekers at the borders will be an essential part of his new strategy.
For her part, the left-wing MP, Clara Boinger, expressed her strong anger at the way the authorities handle deportations. She stated that many of the cases reported by the police were "violent and completely devoid of empathy," adding that "families were coldly torn apart, and patients were forcibly removed from hospitals and directly transferred to deportation flights." Boinger criticized what she described as "the methodology that considers that those who can be deported can be treated in any way."