A Yazidi family with four underage children from Brandenburg has been deported to Iraq - even though they were successful with an urgent appeal against the threat of deportation on the same day. A spokesperson for the Brandenburg Ministry of the Interior said that the family was deported on a flight from Leipzig on Tuesday. The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bamf) is responsible for the asylum procedure, while the state of Thuringia is responsible for the deportation. On Tuesday, the Potsdam Administrative Court overturned a decision that the family had to leave the country. This was previously reported by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (RBB).
The Federal Office explained that each case would be examined individually to determine whether protection would be granted in accordance with the Asylum Act. "Integration achievements, as praiseworthy as they are, must not be taken into account," a spokesperson told the German Press Agency. "The granting of protection titles is exclusively about the danger that applicants face if they return to their country of origin." However, integration achievements could play a role in the decision on tolerated stay. However, the Federal Office could not make any statements on this due to a lack of information.
