Overview

• 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.