Overview

• On July 22 the Potsdam Administrative Court halted the family’s removal but the deportation had already been carried out.
• A Change.org petition launched by a sixth-grade class has collected over 31,000 signatures calling for the family’s return.
• Lawyer Kareba Hagemann has filed an urgent application for the family’s return and is weighing an appeal of the asylum rejection.
• Interior Minister René Wilke says he will work with federal authorities to bring the family back once the court decision is final.
• Ministerpräsident Dietmar Woidke has ordered a critical procedural review to address enforcement gaps in deportation cases.