16 people deported to Pakistan from Germany
16 people, among them 11 convicted criminals, have been deported from Munich to Pakistan, the Bavarian office for asylum announced on Wednesday.
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'Disappeared, run away, dead': How gangs trade Vietnamese children, and people, as goods across Europe
"Traded Children" (Handelsware Kind) is a new documentary from Germany’s public broadcaster ARD / RBB. It investigates the story behind the trafficking of minors and young adults who are being regularly traded like goods from Vietnam to Europe.
Germany: Police round up suspects from international people smuggling ring
More than 400 police officers were involved in raids in four different German states and Austria against an international people smuggling ring on Tuesday morning. The ring is thought to have trafficked more than 100 people, mostly from Syria, illegally into Germany. Five suspects were arrested, a total of 19 are being investigated.
To deport or not to deport: Germany mulls over security situation in northern Syria
The parliamentary faction of German Chancellor Angela Merkel’s CDU/CSU party wants to use the results of an inquest into the security situation in northern Syria to examine whether the region could be deemed a safe zone for deportation. But many have criticized the plans.
Growing calls to stop Germany's ban on deportation to Syria
There have been mounting calls across Germany in recent weeks to bring an end to the deportation stop for Syrians, following a deadly knife attack on two tourists in Dresden earlier in October.
Police target human trafficking network in raids across Germany
German police have raided 26 premises across the country on Wednesday during an operation to dismantle human trafficking rings. Three suspects have been detained, who are alleged to have links to a criminal group run by a 65-year-old Kosovan national, who was also arrested.
Germany: Eleven dead in suspected far-right attack
Nine people were killed in two shootings at hookah bars in the city. The suspected attacker was later found dead in his home next to his mother's corpse.
German police raid suspected hawala banking ring
German authorities watched the suspected illegal banking operation for a year before their raid. The suspects are accused of running an illegal hawala banking system between Germany and Turkey.
Murder of young boy in Frankfurt prompts debate on immigrant crime statistics
The latest events in Germany have once more put a spotlight on crime among refugees and migrants in Germany. However, official statistics tell a different story than the media.
German man shoots Eritrean before turning gun on self in 'xenophobic' attack
Police said Tuesday that the drive-by shooting of a 26-year-old man from Eritrea in a small town in western Germany was "very clearly" motivated by xenophobia. While the Eritrean survived the shooting, the suspected shooter later died, presumably from a self-inflicted wound.
German court jails Iraqi refugee Ali B. for life on rape and murder charges
A German court sentenced 22-year-old Iraqi national Ali B. to life in prison for raping and killing a 14-year-old girl in Mainz. The man had admitted to murder but insisted that he and the girl had consensual sex.
Germany: Asylum-seekers agree to confess to assaulting strangers
Four asylum-seekers are set to plead guilty to assaulting passers-by on a Bavarian street in December. The incident led far-right groups to call for vigilante activity and lawmakers to call for tighter deportation laws.