Germany updates: Berlin deports dozens of Iraqi citizens DW 07/22/2025
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Germany carried out the deportation of 43 Iraqi citizens via a charter flight to Baghdad. According to the Ministry of Justice in Thuringia, deportees were primarily single men, some of whom had criminal records. The operation was coordinated across seven federal states and involved federal police. Concurrently, EU interior ministers met in Copenhagen to discuss strategies to combat irregular migration and organized crime. German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is pushing for stricter migration policies, including repatriations of rejected asylum-seekers.
Some 43 Iraqi citizens were deported from Germany on a charter flight to Baghdad, as part of the government's enforcement of tougher migration policies. The Ministry of Justice of Thuringia stated that those deported were primarily "single men" who were required to leave and included individuals with previous criminal convictions.
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt is advocating for stricter European migration policies and discussed the repatriation of rejected asylum-seekers during a meeting with EU counterparts in Denmark.
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