In the past year have been deported, according to a report in the newspaper, significantly more people in the Maghreb countries. Thus, there were 35% more repatriations to Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco in comparison to 2017.

The number of deportations in the countries of the Maghreb has increased a newspaper report that in the past year, compared to 2017 by around 35 percent. After Tunisia 369 people deported (to 2017: 251) have been reported, according to Algeria 678 (2017: 504), and Morocco, 826 (2017: 634), as the “Rheinische Post” citing the Federal Ministry of the interior.

in Total, were deported in the last year of 1873 people in the three North African States (2017: 1389). In comparison to 2015 (135 deportations) have vervierzehnfacht the number, therefore, almost.

the Federal Council is locked

last week, the Federal Council had postponed the decision on the classification of the three Maghreb countries and Georgia as “safe countries of origin” for asylum seekers for an indefinite period of time.

As such, States are classified, where it is assumed that there are, in General, neither political persecution nor inhuman or degrading punishment or treatment. To allow for faster asylum decisions and deportations. The Bundestag approved the law already. It also requires the approval of the chamber of States to enter into force. This failed because of resistance from countries with green and left participation in Government.

rise in deportations in other States

Significant increases in deportations, the statistics of the interior Ministry reported, according to “Rhenish Post” in the comparison of 2017 to 2018 for Russia (from 184 to 422), Armenia (from 184 to 346), Afghanistan (from 121 to 284), India (from 32 to 212), the Gambia (from 31 to 144), and Ghana (from 84 to 210).

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