Saturday, December 14, 2019

Deportations Story

It's not something that you sit and think much about. 

If a German judge has signed off on a deportation order, the German police (typically state police) are the one who are given the order and effect the deportation.  In simple terms, they are going to escort the guy, gal, or family back to their home-country.

N-TV (commercial German news) brought up this topic today.

For 2019, up until October.....11,480 'civil-servants' were sent on orders to deport someone back to their home-country.  This came up as a statistic because the Linke Party asked in the Parliament structure....what the number was for 2019.

Comparing numbers?  For all of 2018, it was just under 11,000....so they are upwards on a trend setting presently.

Part of this story, if you read through everything....more cops are now being sent on each trip....to ensure safety and security.  The cops were a bit descriptive in the increased security...noting that they faced the possibility of hitting, scratching, biting, etc.  It's not exactly a duty that you'd be happy carrying out.

They also point out that there are increasing numbers requiring transport to Africa or Asia, which means an extended flight.  I would take a guess that they will end up spending a minimum of 24 hours in the country, before the return flight occurs. 

Cost factor?  No one says much, but if you figure an extended flight or trip, two to three escorts, the tickets, hotel costs....it's probably over 5,000 Euro per episode.

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