Germany’s deportations fall to 14,324 in first nine months of 2026
Returns to Turkey rose to 2,025 while assisted voluntary departures increased to 14,140, preliminary figures show.
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Returns to Turkey rose to 2,025 while assisted voluntary departures increased to 14,140, preliminary figures show.
Germany deported 14,324 people in January–September 2026, down from 17,651 in the same period of 2025, the Interior Ministry said. The decline was about 18.9%.
The figures followed a written question from Clara Bünger, the domestic affairs spokesperson for The Left’s parliamentary group, dpa-AFX reported. For the whole of 2025, Germany recorded 22,787 deportations, about 13% more than in 2024.
Turkey was the most common destination in the first nine months of 2026, followed by Georgia and Algeria. Returns to Turkey rose even as deportations overall fell. For comparison, 2,297 people were deported to Turkey in the whole of 2025, a longer period.
| Destination | People deported |
|---|---|
| Turkey | 2,025 |
| Georgia | 883 |
| Algeria | 629 |
Separately from deportations, 14,140 people left voluntarily with support from the federal-state REAG/GARP program in January–September 2026, according to preliminary ministry figures. That compares with 12,263 in the same period of 2025.
The program provides state support for voluntary departures. Its totals do not include people who left without federal funding or whose departure was funded exclusively by their state of residence.
Bünger said she continued to receive messages about families being separated and about the deportation of school-age children, sick people and people needing care.
The ministry’s figures also recorded 6 deportations to Syria since the start of 2026. The ministry said deportations there remain extremely difficult because of the political situation, including for people convicted of crimes; individual removals remain possible.
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