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 A Tunisian man who allegedly served as a bodyguard to Osama bin Laden was detained in Germany on Monday and is to be deported, officials said. https://www.thelocal.de/20180625/bin-ladens-bodyguard-to-be-deported-from-germany-after-two-decade-stay Mon, 25 Jun 2018 19:20:36 +0200 bin-ladens-bodyguard-to-be-deported-from-germany-after-two-decade-stay In the first three months of 2018, nearly every second planned migrant deportation was aborted, the Funke Mediengruppe reported on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20180524/nearly-50-percent-of-planned-migrant-deportations-are-aborted-report Thu, 24 May 2018 12:31:43 +0200 nearly-50-percent-of-planned-migrant-deportations-are-aborted-report A senior member of Bavaria’s Christian Social Union (CSU) sparked a heated discussion this week when he claimed that Germany has an “anti-deportation industry.” Did he have a point? https://www.thelocal.de/20180511/the-asylum-industry-debate-who-is-profiting-from-the-refugee-crisis Fri, 11 May 2018 17:57:59 +0200 the-asylum-industry-debate-who-is-profiting-from-the-refugee-crisis After a large group of migrants aggressively tried to prevent the deportation of a Togolese man this week, right-wing politicians called for mass deportations. But a senior Christian Democrat (CDU) figure said on Friday that deportations can have a bad impact on families. https://www.thelocal.de/20180504/migrant-deportations-often-hit-the-wrong-people-merkel-ally-warns Fri, 04 May 2018 17:31:57 +0200 migrant-deportations-often-hit-the-wrong-people-merkel-ally-warns For most of Germany’s federal states, fewer refugees have been deported and have voluntarily left the country this year compared to in 2016. https://www.thelocal.de/20171221/fewer-refugee-deportations-and-departures-in-germany-this-year-survey Thu, 21 Dec 2017 16:38:11 +0100 fewer-refugee-deportations-and-departures-in-germany-this-year-survey On Wednesday UK publication the Independent picked up a story in the German press about pilots refusing to take rejected asylum seekers back to Afghanistan. These rare decisions have nothing to do with the asylum process, though. https://www.thelocal.de/20171207/no-german-pilots-arent-defying-their-government-by-refusing-to-deport-asylum-seekers Thu, 07 Dec 2017 12:42:36 +0100 no-german-pilots-arent-defying-their-government-by-refusing-to-deport-asylum-seekers Germany expelled 14 rejected Afghan asylum seekers, the interior ministry said on Wednesday, amid angry protests that the war-ravaged country is unsafe for returnees. https://www.thelocal.de/20171025/14-afghans-expelled-from-germany-amid-angry-protests Wed, 25 Oct 2017 14:48:53 +0200 14-afghans-expelled-from-germany-amid-angry-protests Eighteen Afghans deported from Germany arrived in Kabul Thursday after their asylum pleas were rejected, the third group to be sent back in recent months as Berlin speeds up the expulsions. https://www.thelocal.de/20170223/germany-deports-third-group-of-afghan-migrants-to-kabul Thu, 23 Feb 2017 16:11:25 +0100 germany-deports-third-group-of-afghan-migrants-to-kabul Federal and state governments want to significantly expand and accelerate deportations of rejected asylum seekers, but human rights organizations oppose the plans. https://www.thelocal.de/20170209/refugee-rights-groups-criticize-plans-for-faster-deportations Thu, 09 Feb 2017 15:43:18 +0100 refugee-rights-groups-criticize-plans-for-faster-deportations Several German states are reportedly halting or considering halting deportations of failed asylum seekers to Afghanistan due to the worsening security situation, according to German media reports on Monday. https://www.thelocal.de/20170206/german-states-to-delay-afghan-deportations-due-to-security-situation-report Mon, 06 Feb 2017 15:00:09 +0100 german-states-to-delay-afghan-deportations-due-to-security-situation-report On Thursday morning a flight carrying 34 rejected asylum seekers arrived in the Afghan capital, Kabul. They were the first people to leave Germany in a highly contested programme of "collective deportations" to the war-torn country. https://www.thelocal.de/20161215/germany-begins-controversial-mass-deportations-to-afghanistan Thu, 15 Dec 2016 12:53:08 +0100 germany-begins-controversial-mass-deportations-to-afghanistan Morocco has agreed to streamline the procedures for the repatriation of citizens living illegally in Germany, the royal court said late on Thursday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160930/morocco-to-speed-up-repatriation-of-migrants-from-germany Fri, 30 Sep 2016 16:57:01 +0200 morocco-to-speed-up-repatriation-of-migrants-from-germany Germany's upper house of parliament on Friday delayed a decision on labelling three North African nations as "safe countries of origin", after the Greens torpedoed the move aimed at curbing the influx of migrants. https://www.thelocal.de/20160617/greens-scupper-plan-to-block-migrants-from-north-africa Fri, 17 Jun 2016 14:01:15 +0200 greens-scupper-plan-to-block-migrants-from-north-africa Germany deported 60 percent more migrants last year than in 2014, the government said on Wednesday, with figures from January and February showing that the pace of repatriations further accelerating. https://www.thelocal.de/20160414/deportations-rise-sharply-in-germany-report-refugees-refugee Thu, 14 Apr 2016 10:34:45 +0200 deportations-rise-sharply-in-germany-report-refugees-refugee Kosovo Prime Minister Isa Mustafa said Sunday his brother had sought asylum in Germany, after joining the mass migrant influx into the European Union last year. https://www.thelocal.de/20160321/kosovo-pms-brother-sought-asylum-in-germany Mon, 21 Mar 2016 09:26:17 +0100 kosovo-pms-brother-sought-asylum-in-germany Morocco assured Berlin on Monday that it will take back people who’ve had their asylum cases rejected after recent frustration from the German side. https://www.thelocal.de/20160229/well-take-back-rejected-refugees-morocco-tells-berlin Mon, 29 Feb 2016 15:12:24 +0100 well-take-back-rejected-refugees-morocco-tells-berlin The German government has sent angry letters to the 17 countries most reluctant to take back their nationals who’ve had asylum applications rejected in Germany. https://www.thelocal.de/20160223/germany-blasts-countries-which-refuse-to-take-back-migrants Tue, 23 Feb 2016 17:00:29 +0100 germany-blasts-countries-which-refuse-to-take-back-migrants A mess up in government bureaucracy led the government to inform a 20-month-old asylum seeker she had a week to leave the country - while the rest of her family seemed to be allowed to stay. https://www.thelocal.de/20160215/germany-orders-refugee-baby-to-leave-without-family Mon, 15 Feb 2016 17:19:57 +0100 germany-orders-refugee-baby-to-leave-without-family Germany’s far-right National Democratic Party (NPD) shot themselves in the foot while campaigning for elections in western Germany, apparently calling for Germans to be deported from the country en masse. https://www.thelocal.de/20160203/far-right-party-provoke-ridicule-with-election-own-goal Wed, 03 Feb 2016 14:56:10 +0100 far-right-party-provoke-ridicule-with-election-own-goal Germany's Interior Minister told Afghanistan on Tuesday that Germany’s security support to the country would only continue if the influx of Afghan refugees to Germany stopped. https://www.thelocal.de/20160202/aid-will-stop-if-refugees-keep-coming-germany-tells-kabul Tue, 02 Feb 2016 17:41:17 +0100 aid-will-stop-if-refugees-keep-coming-germany-tells-kabul