Renewed criticism of deportation - authorities defend procedure

The Saxon Refugee Council has once again criticized a deportation from Saxony and speaks of a "scandal of inhumane deportation practice". A seriously ill mother from a Georgian family had been separated from her husband and two children. While the woman remained in Germany, the father and children were deported from Leipzig at the beginning of the week. The responsible state directorate of Saxony announced that the "guidelines for repatriation practice" had been adhered to.

According to the Refugee Council, the woman is suffering from a brain tumor and is not fit to travel. Late on Monday evening, the police visited the family in a shared accommodation facility in Leipzig. It was decided to take the mother to hospital and to deport the father and the six and ten-year-old children. The family had been living in Germany for three years. They had all been learning German or had been present.

State Directorate: Family was required to leave the country

The state directorate stated on request that the family was "required to leave the country". Two deportation attempts had already failed in 2023 and 2024 because the Georgians had not been found. The family had also not embarked on two voluntary departures that had been organized and financed. Because of the previously failed deportations and because the woman could have voluntarily joined her family, the separation was carried out.

"The existence of a brain tumor has not been presented or made credible to the state directorate to this day," the authorities announced. Last year, the mother claimed to suffer from post-Covid, rheumatism and knee pain. However, no "qualified medical certificates" had been submitted for these either.