14,422 asylum seekers in Saxony who are obliged to leave the country

There are currently 14,422 rejected asylum seekers living in Saxony who are obliged to leave the country. However, 11,462 of them had a tolerated stay, including 2,758 because of a lack of travel documents, the Interior Ministry said in its response to a small question from AfD domestic politician Sebastian Wippel in the state parliament. The deportations are going too slowly for him. “Only 454 people required to leave the country were deported in the first half of 2026. 540 deportation attempts failed.” Wippel queries the numbers regularly.

In its annual statistics for 2025, the Interior Ministry also pointed out an increasing number of voluntary departures by rejected asylum seekers. Last year it was 1,588, which was higher than ever before. In 2024, 950 people voluntarily complied with the request to leave the country. In addition, 917 migrants were deported last year (2024: 936). It was said that 64 percent of the planned deportations were unsuccessful. Most of those affected went underground beforehand.

Interior Minister calls for better enforcement of the obligation to leave the country

Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) repeatedly called for better enforcement of the obligation to leave the country. It should be possible to use regular detention spaces again for deportation detention, he said in the spring. In order for there to be sufficient capacity for the repatriation of rejected asylum seekers, the airlines need a commitment to cooperate. Sometimes deportations fail due to airline decisions.