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| Germany presses on with deportations despite COVID pandemic |
| 2021-03-28 |
| [DW] Germany deported more than 750 people to Africa in 2020. 2020 was a tough year for most endeavours. They’ll do more this year, perhaps. Most African countries are ill-prepared to welcome rejected asylum-seekers, and activists say the coronavirus pandemic could make matters worse.According to the very clear table at the link, the top ten African countries for deportees from Germany are: Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Nigeria, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Egypt, Ethiopia, and Cameroon. German courts have become stricter in determining who can be deported. In December, an administrative court in the southern German state of Baden-Württemberg stopped the deportation of an asylum-seeker from Afghanistan. It ruled that Afghanistan's situation had become so bad because of the pandemic that deported migrants with no families or assets on the ground faced "destitution."Additionally, some migrants — like Toure — face deportation simply because they do not have documentation to prove who they are. In this pandemic period, getting such official documents can prove especially difficult. "The pandemic did not deter the authorities from compelling refugees to identify themselves," Osa said. "Refugees were still being sent letters giving them time frames by which they would have to submit their documents, even though the borders were closed and the embassies were not functioning." |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #1 Well, if you hadn't let them in in the first place.... |
| Posted by: Clem 2021-03-28 11:09 |