A charter flight has brought 40 people to Georgia who are required to leave the country. The plane took off from Leipzig/Halle Airport, according to the Thuringian Ministry of Justice, Migration and Consumer Protection.
24 migrants were deported from Thuringia. According to the statement, Thuringia regularly takes the lead in organizing joint repatriation operations. This involves bundling charter flights, for example.
"Repatriations are carefully prepared and carried out in strict compliance with all legal requirements. Our goal is a reliable, orderly and fair migration system," said Minister Beate Meißner (CDU). The consistent enforcement of existing obligations to leave the country is an indispensable part of a functioning constitutional state.
The German government signed a migration agreement with Georgia in 2023, and the country on the Black Sea was simultaneously classified as a safe country of origin. However, refugee organizations such as "Pro Asyl" are critical of this classification.
