Deportation – Abschiebung

When is my deportation imminent?

• A “Duldung” / Tolerated Stay usually means risk of deportation. Often the police come to your apartment early in the morning for a deportation.
• Employment toleration or training toleration are not a threat.
• Many Duldungenare threatened with deportation. On these Papers it says: “Erlischt unabhängig von der Gültigkeit am Tag der Abschiebung”, which means: “Expires regardless of validity on the day of deportation”
• It is especially dangerous if a Duldung is only valid for 3 months.
• Even if you get a “Bescheinigung über den vorübergehenden Aufenhtalt”, shortly BÜVA, which means “Certificate of Temporary Residence without permission”, the danger is great. A BÜVA is a DIN A 4 sheet, which you get from the foreigners authority as an “identity paper”, which is often only valid for 1 month and means great danger of deportation. Please visit a counseling center as soon as possible if you get a BÜVA instead of a Duldung.

• You can also be deported if you have appointments at the authorities. If it is an unusual appointment, you should be careful and rather cancel the appointment.
• In Saxony, deportations are mainly to Georgia, Pakistan and Tunisia.
• You can also be deported if you have not handed in your passport.
• Even if you have filed an application for residence, you can be deported before the Immigration Department – Ausländerbehörde – has decided on your application. This can be prevented if you also file an urgent application or request a promise from the state directorate that they do not want to deport you. Lawyers or counseling centers can help with this.
• Even after many years in Germany or if you have a job, are sick or your children go to school, deportation is possible. Please discuss with a counseling center how great your individual risk of deportation really is.

… and how do I protect myself from deportation?

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You can hide, and sleep somewhere else. But you should still keep appointments with authorities – or cancel them with good reason, for example because you are sick.

Multilingual information on resistance against deportations can also be found at No Border Assembly bbonlink.de/depdt

There is the possibility of soli-asylum. This means that you live with other people, where the police cannot find you. Here you can find more information in different languages: citizenasylum.noblogs.org

There is also the possibility of church asylum. This means that you live in a church or a parsonage. The police knows where you are, but they are not allowed to pick you up. Most of the time this is only possible if you are deported to another EU country because of the Dublin regulation. And ideally you already have personal contact with church members or pastors. Here you can find first information, but only in German: www.kirchenasyl.de/erstinformation