The European Court of Justice (ECJ) announced Tuesday that Berlin can deport asylum-seekers to other EU member states, stressing that poor living conditions in those countries aren’t a reason to block deportations.
Judges stated that exceptions apply only in extreme cases when a migrant is deprived of “feeding, washing and finding shelter”. In addition, the ECJ ruled that claims could be rejected if the applicant already receives subsidiary protection in another country in the bloc.
According to Sueddeutsche Zeitung, from January to the end of November 2018, Germany deported 8,658 asylum seekers to other EU countries, which is more than the previous year’s record of 7,102 deportees.