Berlin Deportation Orders Over Pro-Palestinian Protests Face Legal Challenges

Four individuals, accused of involvement in a violent university protest, contest deportation orders citing public safety concerns and invoking Staatsräson.

The Berlin Administrative Court is reviewing emergency motions filed by four individuals challenging deportation orders issued in March 2025.
The orders target three EU citizens and one American, alleging their involvement in an October 2024 protest at Freie Universität Berlin that caused significant property damage.
Authorities claim the individuals pose a public safety threat, but no criminal convictions have been made, with one person already acquitted in a related case.
The deportation orders invoke Staatsräson and Israel's security as justification, a controversial and legally unusual rationale criticized as politically motivated.
Internal dissent within Berlin's immigration authority has emerged, with officials questioning the legal grounds for the orders and their proportionality.