{"id":7552,"date":"2024-04-14T12:06:06","date_gmt":"2024-04-14T12:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mth-partner.de\/?p=7552"},"modified":"2026-01-02T07:11:41","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T07:11:41","slug":"beschaeftigt-ein-arbeitgeber-einen-auslaender-illegal-muss-er-die-kosten-der-abschiebung-bezahlen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mth-partner.de\/en\/if-an-employer-illegally-employs-a-foreigner-they-must-cover-the-costs-of-the-deportation\/","title":{"rendered":"If an employer illegally employs a foreigner, they must cover the costs of the deportation."},"content":{"rendered":"

Administrative Court of Koblenz, February 27, 2024, Case No.: 1 K 859\/23.KO<\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/span>Facts of the Case:<\/span><\/h2>\n

<\/span>Construction company owner employs Albanian worker illegally in Germany.<\/span><\/h3>\n

On March 15, 2023, officials from the Hanover Main Customs Office searched a construction site in the defendant\u2019s district. They encountered an Albanian national working there. The worker did not possess a residence permit and stated that he was employed by the plaintiff, who runs a construction business. According to the visa stamps in his passport, he had last entered the Schengen area through Hungary on September 8, 2022. By order dated March 16, 2023, the defendant expelled the worker from the Federal Republic of Germany and instructed him to leave the country by March 28, 2023.<\/p>\n

<\/span>City issues deportation order and arrest warrant<\/span><\/h3>\n

When the worker did not leave voluntarily, the defendant issued a search warrant for him. According to a discharge report dated April 12, 2023, the worker was hospitalized from April 1, 2023, to April 12, 2023, due to a perforated stomach. On April 13, 2023, police found the worker at Terminal 1 of the airport, took him into custody, and secured \u20ac520.01 in cash. At the defendant\u2019s request, the district court ordered that the worker be detained until April 19, 2023, to secure his deportation. The court reasoned, among other things, that the worker was subject to deportation due to his illegal entry.<\/p>\n

<\/span>Worker was eventually arrested, detained, and then deported<\/span><\/h3>\n

Finally, the worker was deported from Frankfurt Airport to Tirana. The plaintiff was billed EUR 5,849.01 for the deportation costs.<\/p>\n

The employer filed a lawsuit against the billing of the deportation costs (against the cost assessment notice).<\/p>\n

<\/span>Decision of the Administrative Court of Koblenz<\/span><\/h2>\n

<\/span>Under Section 66 of the Residence Act, employers who illegally employ a foreigner must bear the costs of deportation.<\/span><\/h3>\n

Contrary to the employer\u2019s argument, the Administrative Court of Koblenz found the cost assessment notice to be valid. Under Section 66(4) Sentence 1 No. 1, Sentence 2 of the Residence Act (AufenthG), an employer who has employed a deported foreigner despite the fact that the foreigner was not permitted to work must bear the costs associated with the deportation. The scope of the reimbursable costs is determined by Section 67(1) AufenthG. According to this, the costs of deportation include both transportation and other travel costs for the foreigner within and outside Germany (\u00a7 67(1) No. 1 AufenthG), the administrative costs incurred in preparing and carrying out the deportation, including the costs of detention, accommodation, food, and other care for the foreigner (\u00a7 67(1) No. 2 AufenthG), as well as all costs arising from any necessary escort of the foreigner, including personnel costs (\u00a7 67(1) No. 3 AufenthG).<\/p>\n

<\/span>There were no indications of a legitimacy check by the employer<\/span><\/h3>\n

The plaintiff\u2019s obligation to bear costs, which arose in this way, was not waived under Section 66(4a) AufenthG. There were no indications that the plaintiff had sufficiently checked whether he was permitted to employ the worker and had properly registered him with social security.<\/p>\n

<\/span>The deportation measures were also not unlawful<\/span><\/h3>\n

The fact that the worker had been medically treated and was at the airport at the time of arrest did not change the obligation to bear the costs. Although deportation costs, if triggered by official actions and measures that infringe upon the rights of the foreigner, are only reimbursable if the actions and measures were lawful, the worker could still be arrested even at the airport because he could have changed his mind at any time, and the deadline for departure had already passed. The time spent in the hospital also did not negate the assessment of deportation costs, as the worker could have informed the immigration authority at any time and requested an extension of the deadline due to illness.<\/p>\n

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Lawyers in Cologne advise and represent clients nationwide in immigration law.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Liable for the costs of deportation or return:
\n1.
\nthe employer who employed the foreigner as an employee who was not authorised to pursue gainful employment under the provisions of this Act;
\n2.
\nan entrepreneur for whom an employer has provided services as a direct contractor, if he was aware or should have recognised, with due diligence, that the employer used the foreigner as an employee for the provision of the service, who was not permitted to exercise gainful employment under the provisions of this Act;
\n3.
\nwhoever, as a general contractor or intermediary contractor without direct contractual relations with the employer, has knowledge of the employment of the foreign national who was not authorised to exercise gainful employment under the provisions of this Act;
\n4.
\nwhoever commits an offence punishable under section 96 or participates in an offence punishable under section 95;
\n5.
\nthe foreigner, insofar as the costs cannot be recovered from the other cost debtors.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":11619,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3666],"tags":[2843],"class_list":["post-7552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aufenthaltsbeendigung","tag-wer-bezahlt-die-kosten-der-abschiebung"],"yoast_head":"\nBesch\u00e4ftigt ein Arbeitgeber einen Ausl\u00e4nder illegal, muss er die Kosten der Abschiebung bezahlen - Rechtsanwaltskanzlei\u00a0Tieben<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bauunternehmer sollten sorgf\u00e4ltig pr\u00fcfen, ob der bei ihnen besch\u00e4ftigte Ausl\u00e4nder in Deutschland arbeitsberechtigt ist\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" 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