More than half of all planned deportations from Germany continue to fail, highlighting persistent problems in the country’s migration policy.
According to the German government’s response to a parliamentary inquiry by Alternative für Deutschland Bundestag member René Springer, around 250,000 deportations were planned between 2020 and July 2025, but nearly 146,000 were not carried out.
The failure rate has remained consistently above 55%, reaching 60% in 2023 and 60.5% in 2024. In the first seven months of 2025, 35,489 deportations were scheduled, yet 20,982 could not be executed, representing 59.1%.
Springer criticized the federal government, telling NIUS that
the federal government has lost control and is unable to enforce existing law. Those who fail to consistently deport those required to leave the country are turning Germany into a magnet for illegal migration and destroying trust in the rule of law. Springer also argued that the repeated failures of established parties make the AfD the party most trusted by voters to address asylum and migration issues.
