Overview

• Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt pledged to increase the frequency of removals to Afghanistan.
• The government says it is reviewing all legal and operational options to create a standing repatriation channel.
• Officials left open whether future flights will again be organized with support from Qatar.
• Germany has carried out two post-2021 flights—28 people in August 2024 and 81 men in July 2025—with restraints used in 38 cases during airport processing.
• Voluntary return remains rare, with 33 federally supported departures and five via state programs in the first eight months, as the Left party criticized the policy’s cost and rationale.