Overview
- Local and state authorities confirmed the 3 November removal, executed by the Lower Saxony reception authority with police support from Rotenburg via Frankfurt to Beijing.
- Interior Minister Daniela Behrens called the case regrettable, said her ministry was not informed in advance, and questioned why the BAMF had not granted protection.
- The BAMF had rejected the woman’s asylum claim as manifestly unfounded, the county named China as the target state in June, and her lawyer was notified in July of the planned transfer.
- Officials cite conflicting information about a Turkish passport, with Turkish authorities saying she was not in their registers and the woman holding a Chinese passport, which the county says precluded return to Turkey.
- State and federal spokespeople noted there is no general deportation ban for Uighurs to China, even as BAMF guidance typically favors granting protection, and the Lower Saxony Refugee Council demanded an apology and a path for her return to her daughter.