Between January and November of 2018, Germany deported 8,658 asylum seekers to other EU states, according to a report by the Süddeutsche Zeitung published Monday. Italy, where almost one in three refugees were sent, received the most intra-Europe transfers. In stark contrast, no refugees were sent to Hungary and only five were sent to Greece. Germany, according the Munich-based newspaper, made a total of 51,558 requests between January and November of 2018 to other Dublin III- compliant EU countries. Last summer, Interior Minister Horst Seehofer pushed for Italy and Greece to take back asylum seekers that were previously registered in there.

Source: The Local January 21, 2019 15:45 UTC