SAN FRANCISCO, February 07, (THEWILL) – More than 12,000 Nigerians asylum seekers in Germany may likely be deported from the country next year.
This was disclosed by the country’s Global Head of programme, Migration and Development, Dr. Ralf Sanftenberg, who revealed that the Nigerians will be denied asylum status by German government.
Sanftenberg made this known when he visited the Special Assistant to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora, Mrs. Abike Dabiri-Erewa, as he led a delegation from the German Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development on a site assessment mission for Nigerians who are voluntarily returning to the country.
“We have over 37,000 Nigerians in Germany and more than 12,000 of them are asylum seekers,” he said.
“There is a little chance for their applications to be moved and they may be forced to come back to Nigeria next year.
“99 per cent of them were likely to be denied asylum status because Nigeria is not among war countries.
“However, if the asylum seekers are willing to return to Nigeria voluntarily they would not be forced back or deported but would be assisted through a support programme organised by Germany.”
