Nearly 16,000 Turkish citizens in Germany were required to leave the country by the end of September. Of the 15,789 people affected, 12,835 people have tolerance status, a spokesperson for the Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (Bamf) told DPA when asked. Overall, Turkish citizens make up seven percent of all German residents who were required to leave the country.
Repatriation was at the top of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's agenda at his meeting with Turkish President Recep today Tayyip Erdoğan in Istanbul.
In the first half of 2024, 441 people from Germany were transferred to Türkiye deported, according to a response from the federal government. In 2023, a total of 1,300 Turkish citizens were deported from Germany. The federal government wants to increase profits and has previously announced “success” in negotiations with Ankara.
Türkiye chased him Syria and Afghanistan is the third country of origin receiving the most asylum applications. However, the chances of the application being successful are small: the protection rate for Turkish applicants this year is just under 10 percent – the average figure is 46.1 percent.