Overview

• A Yazidi family of six was deported from Leipzig to Baghdad on July 22 despite filing an emergency injunction that a court suspended hours after departure.
• Interior Minister René Wilke directed state and federal agencies to coordinate logistics and issue travel papers so the family can be repatriated.
• The Potsdam Administrative Court overturned the family’s removal order only after the flight took off, exposing gaps between judicial decisions and enforcement.
• Green MP Max Lucks and refugee group Pro Asyl have demanded the family’s immediate return and called for accountability from Bamf President Hans-Eckhard Sommer.
• With deportations up roughly 25 percent in the first half of 2025, critics say the case highlights tensions between Germany’s stricter removals policy and its commitment to protect genocide survivors.