Migration policy: Deport of Baghdad with 43 people

43 people were brought to Iraq on Tuesday with a deportation from Leipzig to Baghdad. This was confirmed by the Federal Ministry of the Interior and the Migration Ministry of Thuringia, which was responsible for the campaign. Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) explained in the “Bild” newspaper that he wanted “more pressure in returns, more deals with third countries and a break in the smuggling logic”.

According to information from Thuringia, 43 -proof, single men were sitting on the plane, of whom individual had already appeared in the past. 14 of them had previously lived in Thuringia that the rest had come from seven other federal states.

The machine took off at 10:52 a.m., as could be seen on the Flightradar24 portal. After observing a dpa photographer, the police had previously secured the handling of the flight. The passengers were brought to the machine in minibuses and two larger airport buses. Police officers accompanied the occupants individually up the stairs to the plane.

After landing in the Iraqi capital, the passengers initially went through various entry formalities, as the dpa learned from airport circles there. Safety protocols were met in the transfer of the transfer in Iraq, it said. It was not known where exactly the men should be brought after their entry.

Tense security situation in Iraq

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.

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.