(Deutsche Welle) Germany has deported 90 “Gefährder” and other “relevant persons” since the 2016 attack on a Berlin Christmas market, according to German newsmagazine Der Spiegel, which cited a government response to a parliamentary inquiry on Friday.
In Germany a “Gefährder” (lit. “endangerer”) is someone who could pose a threat to public safety as certain “facts justify the assumption that he or she may commit a severe crime.”
Such individuals are often identified by German intelligence authorities as potential terror suspects and a threat to public safety.
In response to the inquiry by the business-friendly Free Democrats (FDP), officials said that 40% of the people deported were from Syria, while others held Iraqi, Turkish or Russian citizenship.
