Monitoring a Non-Deportable Violent Migrant Costs Taxpayers 40 Thousand Euros a Month

The county of Bad Kreuznach in Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, pays a private security service 40 thousand euros a month to monitor an allegedly aggressive migrant all day every day.

Reportedly, the man’s deportation could only take place if German authorities organized a deportation flight to Afghanistan. Germany has only sent one plane with expelled Afghan asylum seekers on board to Afghanistan since the Taliban took over again in 2020.
On 24 January, the interior ministry confirmed that a second deportation flight to Afghanistan has been scheduled for 22 February – one day before the national elections. The residents in Bad Kreuznach now hoped that the issue would be resolved then.

We are close to despair,

said Bad Kreuznach councilor Bettina Dickes.

Cover photo: Illustration (Photo: DPA Picture-Alliance via AFP)