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The next deportation freight started – the goal is Iraq
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The Federal Government implemented its promise from the election campaign: after the last deportation flight towards Afghanistan, the next machine canceled.
From Leipzig Airport, deportation freight to Iraq started in the morning according to DPA information. The machine with the Baghdad target took off at 10.52 a.m., as emerged from the Flightradar24 portal. However, the Federal Ministry of the Interior initially did not provide any official information on request.
According to the Thuringian Ministry of Justice in Erfurt, the deported were, which coordinated the measure, by 43 Iraqi nationals, who were all subject to departure. According to the information, 14 of them last lived 14 in Thuringia. These were only “single men, of whom individuals have appeared in the past”.
After observing a DPA photographer, the police secured the frame handling. The passengers were brought to the machine in minibuses and two larger airport buses. Police officers accompanied the occupants to the plane individually. Seven federal states and the federal police were involved in the measure, it said from Erfurt.
The deportation freight “could be completed without incidents,” said Minister Beate Meißner (CDU). “Our message is clear: if you have no right of residence, you have to leave our country again.” The measure shows “that we continue to promote the change of direction in migration policy,” said Meißner.
Most recently, 81 offenders were sitting to Afghanistan in the deportation frequency
According to the Interior Ministry, Germany deported 816 Iraqis last year. Some came to the implementation of their asylum procedures to other EU countries, 615 people were brought directly to Iraq. In February of this year, too, 47 people had already been deported to Iraq from Hanover. Last Friday, a deportation flight to Afghanistan also started at Leipzig Airport. According to the authorities, 81 criminals were on board.
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The security situation in Iraq is still tense after decades of war and political unrest. There are currently no large battles, but there are still attacks by armed groups, such as the militias supported by Iran. There are also tensions with the Kurdish groups in the north of the country.
According to UNs, 1.2 million people are dependent on humanitarian aid in their own country and three million people. Many returnees cannot cover their basic needs alone. In a survey by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) from 2023 under the home -ended migrants, almost half of the respondents said that they wanted to emigrate from Iraq again within six months.
Note: This post has been updated several times.
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