Deportations and fast-tracking asylum process expected as refugee arrivals spike

Deportations, stricter airport controls, and a fast-tracking of the asylum decision-making process are among the measures being rolled out to address a spike in the number of non-Ukrainians seeking protection here. Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said there has been “a … Read More

ICE deportations fall to under 3,000 in April amid Biden rules that restrict removals

Decline occurs despite a massive migration surge at the border that has overwhelmed authorities. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deported less than 3,000 illegal immigrants in April, the agency confirmed to Fox News on Wednesday — a sign of how drastically … Read More

‘Kicks and Punches’: 300 German Police Officers Attacked Trying to Deport Migrants in 2018

posted in: News, Refugee Crisis Europe

The number of deportees being expelled from Germany is continuing to decline, statistics by the country’s Interior Ministry suggest. While airlines are being blamed for hampering the process, police are reporting that assaults against officers carrying out deportations have become … Read More

Germany plans to fast-track deportations of failed asylum-seekers

posted in: Germany, News

Germany’s Interior Ministry has proposed new measures to monitor and deport failed asylum-seekers. Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has said he is also looking at ways to repatriate known criminals to Syria. The German Interior Ministry on Sunday confirmed plans to facilitate … Read More

Thousands of deportations fail due to lack of papers

posted in: Germany, News

Last year there were 65,000 people whose lack of travel documents prevented them from being deported from Germany. Now, though, people who don’t cooperate in obtaining new passports will be punished. Then 41 and from Nigeria, John (not his real … Read More