Politics · Germany · 20 hrs ago
NRW charters plane to deport one asylum seeker at a cost of €60,000
North Rhine-Westphalia chartered a whole plane in Düsseldorf to deport one asylum seeker.
The flight cost €60,000, according to the figures given.
The state has around 56,000 people required to leave Germany.
About 11,000 of them have no temporary permission to stay and can be forcibly removed.
The case shows how costly one deportation can be.
No further details about the flight or what happens next are given.
North Rhine-Westphalia booked and paid for a plane for the deportation of one asylum seeker, according to Bild.
The reported cost was €60,000.
Bild said the plane was booked in Düsseldorf.
The article said NRW had around 56,000 people required to leave, including 11,000 whose departure orders were enforceable without a temporary suspension.
- Who
- North Rhine-Westphalia chartered the plane for one asylum seeker.
- What
- A plane was booked and paid for to carry out a deportation, at a reported cost of €60,000.
- When
- The article was published on November 8, 2026. The date of the booking was not stated.
- Where
- Düsseldorf.
- Why
- Not stated.
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- Reported cost
- €60,000
- People targeted by departure orders in NRW
- Around 56,000
- Enforceable departure orders in NRW
- 11,000
- People the plane was booked for
- One asylum seeker