The number of deportations from Germany to Russia is growing
Kyiv • UNN
Since the beginning of 2024, the number of deportations from Germany to Russia has increased to 32 people. This is a significant increase compared to the 7 deportations in 2023, although still less than the 280 deportations in 2021.
Since 2024, several federal states in Germany have stepped up deportations of people to Russia, with the number of deportations this year affecting 32 Russian citizens. This is reported by the WDR and NDR studies, UNN reports .
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The German authorities are deporting people to Russia again - this year their number is growing again, although after the full-scale attack of the Russian occupiers on the territory of Ukraine, deportations to Russia from Germany were largely stopped.
Between January and August 2024, 32 Russian citizens were deported to their homeland . In 2023, there were only seven, according to investigations by WDR and NDR.
In addition to Bavaria and Rhineland-Palatinate, Hesse, Lower Saxony, Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Thuringia, Saxony-Anhalt, and Saxony deported people to Russia this year.
According to the Federal Ministry of Internal Affairs, in 2021, before the start of the aggressive war, 280 deportations were carried out to Russia, mostly by charter flights, tagesschau notes.
Recall
Russian media are spreading disinformation about the forced deportation of Ukrainians of military age from Poland to the front. This is part of the Kremlin's propaganda, which has no documentary evidence.
