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Some 18,000 refugees deported from Germany so far this year

Xinhua, December 21, 2015 Adjust font size:

Some 18,000 refugees have been deported from Germany so far this year following a rejection of their asylum applications, German media reported on Monday, citing documents from the German Interior Ministry.

By the end of November, there have been a total of 18,363 deportations of failed asylum seekers nationwide, according to the government documents.

This is almost twice as many as 2014, when there were 10,884 deportations during the entire year.

The number of deportations has increased in all German federal states - except in Thuringia.

Germany's federal states, which are responsible for processing asylum applications, have drastically stepped up deportation efforts in recent months, with some being far more active than others.

Bavaria, a state at the frontline of the refugee crisis as a key entry point at Germany's southern border, has deported more than three times as many people by the end of November this year as last year, at 3,643 compared with 1,007 in 2014.

The central state Hessen is close to a factor of three as well, sending 2,306 people back to their countries of origin versus 829 in the previous year.

The only state to see fewer deportations than last year is Thuringia, at 152 in 2015 compared with 234 in 2014.

The number of rejected asylum applications in Germany, however, is much higher than that of deportation cases. There are now more than 1 million asylum applications recorded in German government computer systems, a Bavarian official confirmed recently.

In a speech last week, German Chancellor Angela Merkel balanced a call on her party CDU to back her refugee policy with a commitment to speed up deportations for migrants denied asylum, saying that Germany must prioritize those in greatest need. Endit