Overview
- Germany recorded 19,538 deportations from January through October 2025, an 18% rise from the same period in 2024, averaging about 65 per day.
- Dobrindt says the government is preparing deportations to Syria and Afghanistan, with talks reported with the Taliban and the Syrian government.
- Union and SPD plans include legal changes to ease removals, such as ending mandatory defense counsel in deportation detention, expanding federal police powers and adding detention capacity.
- Implementation faces limits, as only about one in three planned removals succeeds and a Constitutional Court ruling now requires judges to authorize police searches of deportation subjects’ accommodations.
- Earlier data indicated many deportations were to Turkey and Georgia and roughly 20% of deportees were minors, while first-time asylum applications (97,277 Jan–Oct) continued to outnumber removals.