From Germany, more rejected asylum seekers voluntarily travel than previously known. In first nine months of year, in addition to nearly 25,000 financially funded departures, at least 10,000 or voluntary departures were recorded without state support. This comes from reply of Federal Ministry to a question of left-wing members Ulla Jelpke. The 24,569 exits reported so far included only those asylum seekers who had claimed financial assistance from Germany for return flight. In addition, at least 10,000 or asylum seekers have travelled on ir own initiative.
The number of people taking advantage of state support is documented and published on a regular basis. The independent returnees, however, do not appear. However, all rejected asylum seekers who voluntarily want to leave country are given a so-called crossed, which y are asked to make when leaving border. Until September, border authorities received 34,440 such certificates, according to ministry.
But even this figure does not yet include all exits. This is because some of those affected would have certificate with a foreign border authority or a German foreign representation, and thus did not appear in statistics. Between January and September about 18,000 people were also deported, 5,000 of m to or EU countries.
Jelpke said it was a "poverty record" that no total number would be available to voluntary departures, even though issue has been policy-making for years. The federal government is using allegedly too low enforcement of duty of departure for a populist debate without knowing figures.
People whose asylum applications have not succeeded and want to escape deportation can voluntarily leave and receive financial support. This also applies to people whose asylum procedures have not yet been completed but have little chance of success. Providing financial support for voluntary travel is cheaper for state than to impose a deportation. In August 2017, only about half of applicants (110,300) were refused asylum seekers. Or people had previously had a valid visa, which n expired.
Date Of Update: 31 October 2017, 12:03
