SPD leader Klingbeil is urging states to implement deportation plans. “The state has to function when it comes to repatriating people who cannot stay with us," he says.

FDP General Secretary Bijan Djir-Sarai also called on the federal states to carry out deportations of foreigners who are obliged to leave the country more consistently. There was a new dispute over the deportation issue after the recent revelations surrounding the Potsdam deportation summit with AfD participation. Parts of the right-wing extremist party are pushing for “remigration”