Asylum seekers continue to be deported under what one politician in the German state of Saxony says is an inhumane law. Frank Richter believes letting them stay would help both the migrants and the local economy.
Hundreds of Afghans have had their asylum applications refused by Belgian authorities. They could face deportation to Afghanistan, where the Belgian Commissioner General for Refugees says the security situation has improved.
Germany’s Federal Administrative Court has ruled that the key factor in validating a deportation ban is whether deportees will be able to secure their subsistence level "for a foreseeable period" upon return; but it is not legally important whether this is possible on a "sustained basis or even permanently."
At the end of last week, Spain and Morocco initiated a new phase of bilateral relations between the two countries. More economic cooperation, new flight routes and a warmer political climate are planned. In return, Spain reportedly wants to fly back to Morocco migrants who do not qualify for asylum.
She fled North Macedonia after she was assaulted, urinated on and almost raped. But German authorities have designated her home country as "safe" — and now they want to deport her and her family.
Tunisians – who make up more than 70% of migrants deported from Italy – often lack access to legal representation and face inhumane living conditions at pre-deportation centers, according to a recent paper published by three advocacy groups.
German authorities last week deported an Iranian woman and her teenage daughter, leaving the girl's father behind. He now faces a dilemma: Should he fight to bring his wife and daughter back, or follow them to the land they fled more than a decade ago?
In a town in southern Germany, a weight has been lifted for Mheddin Saho. The Syrian, who is blind, has been given a second chance to apply for protection in Germany and is no longer in church asylum.
A Spanish court has ruled that 14 underage migrants from Morocco were deported from the Spanish enclave of Ceuta illegally and have the right to return to Spain.
The rate of deportations from Germany has nearly halved since before the coronavirus pandemic. Most returns last year were to Georgia and Albania.
In Morocco, it is common to buy a work contract through a broker to realize the dream of reaching Europe. Many "scam brokers" have made a fortune at the expense of young Moroccans who dream of arriving in Germany. InfoMigrants spoke to some who fell victim to the fraud.
Over the past twelve months Germany deported more than a hundred Bangladeshi migrants whose asylum applications have been rejected. Many other failed asylum seekers have voluntarily left the European country with financial support from the authorities in this period.