Overview
- The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) delayed notifying local authorities about the rejection of Enamullah O.'s asylum application, missing the deportation deadline to Bulgaria.
- The delay was attributed to high workloads at BAMF in 2023, during a period of increased asylum applications, according to an internal government report.
- The attacker, deemed mentally ill, fatally stabbed a two-year-old boy and a 41-year-old man in Aschaffenburg, while injuring three others in a park last week.
- The German government has since bolstered BAMF's staffing, adding 1,140 personnel in 2024, and is implementing a new European asylum system to improve deportation processes.
- The asylum application was rejected on June 19, 2023, but a critical notification to local authorities was sent over a month later, making deportation legally unfeasible.