Guinea demands explanation from Germany over deportations

Guinea demands explanation from Germany over deportations

Guinea has protested the expulsion of its citizens from Germany, launching an investigation into the circumstances of their removal. / AA

The authorities in Guinea said on Thursday they were looking into why a number of its citizens had been expelled from Germany, after an angry online response to the deportations.

Ministers have summoned the charge d’affaires from Germany’s embassy to explain why the Guineans were expelled and to urge a halt to future deportations.

“We want our fellow citizens to have their dignity respected,” Foreign Minister Morissanda Kouyate told the diplomat in a televised engagement.

At a news conference on Thursday, Kouyate announced that a “bilateral commission of investigation” had been established involving both Guinea and Germany to get to the bottom of the matter.

A German interior ministry spokesman told AFP that 30 people were deported to Guinea in January 2026, compared with 20 in January 2025. There were 169 expulsions to Guinea in 2025, the spokesman added.

According to a 2021 International Organisation for Migration study, the Guinean diaspora was estimated at between three and five million people.

SOURCE: AFP

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