Understanding Europe

EU states want harsher penalties for people who ignore deportation orders | Photo: Christian Ohde/CHROMORANGE/picture alliance
A view of the Bundestag, the German Parliament | Photo: Reuters
File photo: Federal Administrative Court, Leipzig, Saxony, Germany, 26 August 2025 | Photo: Peter Engelke/PIC ONE/picture alliance
A vehicle being inspected by the French border police in Montgenèvre (Hautes-Alpes region). Archive photo: Mehdi Chebil
The number of deportations from Germany has been rising | Photo: EHL Media/IMAGO