The practice has been outlawed for several years, as it was ruled to be against EU laws. The ban might be revised, as Germany is struggling to provide enough detention facilities for deportees and to ensure that those who have not received asylum return to their home countries.
Federal states in Germany want to put detainees designated for deportation in separate sections of prisons, although it was assessed to be a violation of EU directives by European judges in 2014. The 16 prime ministers of the federal states now want to work “on changes in the field of deportation detention as a part of the adjustment of the EU Return Directive”, Welt reports, citing the decision at their meeting, which took place earlier in December.