Deportation

Last update : September 2025

If your asylum case ends or you get a deportation order, you are at risk of being arrested and deported at any time.
Here you find information about:

  • Types of Deportations
  • How to protect yourself
  • How to fight a deportation

There are two types of deportation:

  • Charter deportations – group deportations by plane or by bus (often announced in advance)
    For charter deportations, arrests can happen weeks before the flight.
  • Individual deportations – one person, sometimes without notice

How to Protect Yourself

If you are at risk of deportation:

  • Do not sleep at your registered address
  • Go to a legal counselling service immediately
  • Ask people you trust for help
  • Check announcements about planned charter deportations – arrests can happen weeks before the actual flight
  • Carry flyers or phone numbers of support groups or your legal counsellor

How to Fight Deportation

  • Go to a legal counselling service
  • Stay in contact with support groups
  • Don’t sleep at your registered address if you fear deportation
  • Read our flyers (linked here soon) – they explain what you can do

If it is an individual deportation by plane:

  • You can resist inside the airplane — for example by refusing to sit down.
  • Tell the other passengers your story and ask them to support you.
  • The pilot has the final decision — they can say “no” and refuse to take you if they see a risk.