Overview

• In the first half of 2025, Germany deported 11,807 people, including 1,345 minors aged 6–18, representing 11.4 percent of removals—a continuation of record annual deportation levels.
• The proportion of deported children and adolescents has remained above 11 percent since 2022 despite successive governments and policy shifts.
• Lawmakers from Die Linke, led by Dietmar Bartsch, denounce the ongoing removal of minors as inhumane and call for children to remain in school, not on deportation flights.
• The Interior Ministry reports it lacks data on how many deportees held social insurance–subject employment, highlighting oversight gaps in tracking integration outcomes.
• Deportations accelerated under the 2024 Ampel coalition reforms and further increased after Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt ordered stricter border controls in May 2025, fueling political debate over migration enforcement.