(Deutsche Welle) Two weeks ago, a knife attack shook Germany when a man traveling on a regional train headed for Hamburg randomly stabbed passengers, killing two of them.
The alleged perpetrator, 33-year-old Ibrahim A.*, was known to the police, as he had multiple prior convictions for assault. He had just been released from detention, although he had nowhere to go.
When she visited the scene of the attack, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser from the center-left Social Democrats (SPD) asked: “How could it be that such a perpetrator was still here in the country?”
What’s are Germany’s rules for repatriation and deportation?
In Germany, foreign nationals can be deported if they have committed a criminal offense or are classified as members of a terrorist organization.
