https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed In a resounding 509 to 138 result, the Bundestag has voted to classify the northern African states of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco - along with Georgia in the Caucasus - as safe countries of origin for the purposes of German immigration law. https://www.thelocal.de/20190118/bundestag-votes-overwhelmingly-to-declare-georgia-tunisia-algeria-and-morocco-safe-countries-of-origin Fri, 18 Jan 2019 17:13:27 +0100 bundestag-votes-overwhelmingly-to-declare-georgia-tunisia-algeria-and-morocco-safe-countries-of-origin Germany on Tuesday took in a 95-year-old former guard at a Nazi labour camp where more than 6,000 people were killed, after he was stripped of his US citizenship. https://www.thelocal.de/20180821/former-nazi-camp-guard-deported-to-germany-from-us Tue, 21 Aug 2018 14:19:05 +0200 former-nazi-camp-guard-deported-to-germany-from-us The scandal over the deportation of Sami A., an alleged former bodyguard of Osama Bin Laden, continued on Monday with authorities reportedly blacklisting the 44-year-old Tunisian from entering Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20180813/alleged-bin-laden-bodyguard-blacklisted-by-immigration-authorities-newspaper-reports Mon, 13 Aug 2018 11:07:14 +0200 alleged-bin-laden-bodyguard-blacklisted-by-immigration-authorities-newspaper-reports The over-hasty deportation of an alleged Islamist to Tunisia is raising awkward questions for German authorities all the way up to the Interior Ministry. https://www.thelocal.de/20180716/scandal-grows-over-unlawful-deportation-of-alleged-bin-laden-bodyguard Mon, 16 Jul 2018 19:40:00 +0200 scandal-grows-over-unlawful-deportation-of-alleged-bin-laden-bodyguard The murder of a girl in Wiesbaden is polarizing the debate about refugees and criminality. The brutal crime is just the latest in which an asylum seeker is the chief suspect. https://www.thelocal.de/20180612/von-willkommens-zur-wutkultur-wie-der-fall-susanna-das-land-spaltet Tue, 12 Jun 2018 13:59:45 +0200 von-willkommens-zur-wutkultur-wie-der-fall-susanna-das-land-spaltet German media reported on Wednesday that the government will for now end controversial mass deportations of Afghan asylum seekers, and only deport people in certain cases. https://www.thelocal.de/20170809/germany-to-deport-afghan-refugees-only-in-exceptional-cases-report Wed, 09 Aug 2017 12:25:03 +0200 germany-to-deport-afghan-refugees-only-in-exceptional-cases-report A 15-year-old girl from Duisburg who had been deported to Nepal with her parents two months ago was greeted with tears and smiles as she finally returned to Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20170803/german-born-nepalese-girl-makes-emotional-return-after-deportation Thu, 03 Aug 2017 14:27:00 +0200 german-born-nepalese-girl-makes-emotional-return-after-deportation The European Court of Human Rights on Wednesday blocked Germany's planned deportation of a Russian 18-year-old, who had been deemed a potentially "dangerous" Islamist. https://www.thelocal.de/20170802/european-court-halts-germanys-deportation-of-dangerous-islamist-suspect Wed, 02 Aug 2017 17:54:41 +0200 european-court-halts-germanys-deportation-of-dangerous-islamist-suspect A Nepalese teenager, who was born in Germany, was told in the middle of class at her high school that she would be deported in late May. Now she has been allowed to come back to the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20170725/nepalese-girl-born-and-raised-in-germany-allowed-to-return-after-deportation-delighting-duisburg Tue, 25 Jul 2017 19:32:34 +0200 nepalese-girl-born-and-raised-in-germany-allowed-to-return-after-deportation-delighting-duisburg Germany has temporarily suspended the group deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers following the Kabul truck bomb attack, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170601/germany-suspends-afghan-refugee-deportations-after-kabul-attack Thu, 01 Jun 2017 20:44:31 +0200 germany-suspends-afghan-refugee-deportations-after-kabul-attack Around 300 students at a vocational school in Nuremberg staged a spontaneous demonstration to protest the deportation of their 20-year-old Afghan classmate on Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170601/hundreds-of-students-clash-with-police-over-deportation-of-afghan-classmate Thu, 01 Jun 2017 17:27:43 +0200 hundreds-of-students-clash-with-police-over-deportation-of-afghan-classmate Germany said on Wednesday it had postponed a scheduled deportation flight of rejected Afghan asylum seekers after a Kabul truck bomb attack killed 80 and wounded hundreds. https://www.thelocal.de/20170531/germany-postpones-deportation-of-asylum-seekers-after-kabul-attack Wed, 31 May 2017 16:00:26 +0200 germany-postpones-deportation-of-asylum-seekers-after-kabul-attack The German parliament on Thursday night passed a controversial package of stricter rules for asylum seekers, including allowing immigration officials to analyze refugees’ cell phone data. https://www.thelocal.de/20170519/german-parliament-passes-tougher-rules-for-asylum-deportations Fri, 19 May 2017 13:26:52 +0200 german-parliament-passes-tougher-rules-for-asylum-deportations Germany on Thursday deported to his native Serbia a man whose killing of a young Turkish-German woman sparked nationwide outrage. https://www.thelocal.de/20170420/berlin-deports-serbian-killer-of-turkish-german-civic-heroine Thu, 20 Apr 2017 20:00:09 +0200 berlin-deports-serbian-killer-of-turkish-german-civic-heroine A German man who has been essentially living at a Sao Paulo airport after he ran out of money to fly home, now faces deportation as well as accusations that he attacked at least seven women. https://www.thelocal.de/20170324/german-man-accused-of-attacking-women-in-sao-paulo-faces-deportation Fri, 24 Mar 2017 11:30:14 +0100 german-man-accused-of-attacking-women-in-sao-paulo-faces-deportation Germany said on Tuesday it will deport two men arrested on suspicion of planning a terror attack, despite the fact that while their parents are foreigners, they were both born in the country. https://www.thelocal.de/20170322/germany-set-to-deport-two-terror-suspects-born-on-its-soil Wed, 22 Mar 2017 10:02:22 +0100 germany-set-to-deport-two-terror-suspects-born-on-its-soil The ongoing legal battle has come to an end over whether to deport the man who fatally struck a young woman in a case that shook millions across Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20170315/court-grants-deportation-of-man-behind-fatal-assault-on-student Wed, 15 Mar 2017 17:02:26 +0100 court-grants-deportation-of-man-behind-fatal-assault-on-student The Alternative for Germany (AfD) party has released a draft campaign programme, outlining plans to ban all headscarves in public offices and schools. https://www.thelocal.de/20170309/far-right-afd-call-for-general-headscarf-ban-and-more-deportations Thu, 09 Mar 2017 17:53:50 +0100 far-right-afd-call-for-general-headscarf-ban-and-more-deportations The German government agreed on new rules on Wednesday to speed up deportations of rejected asylum seekers. This map shows that over a quarter of failed asylum seekers who haven't been sent home live in one state. https://www.thelocal.de/20170222/these-are-the-german-states-with-most-people-waiting-to-be-deported Wed, 22 Feb 2017 14:14:33 +0100 these-are-the-german-states-with-most-people-waiting-to-be-deported Germany deported a second batch of would-be Afghan refugees to Kabul Tuesday under a disputed Afghan-EU deal signed last October and aimed at curbing the influx of immigrants. https://www.thelocal.de/20170124/germany-begins-second-wave-of-controversial-afghan-deportations Tue, 24 Jan 2017 10:42:28 +0100 germany-begins-second-wave-of-controversial-afghan-deportations