Germany and Ukraine are figuring out how to bring back illegal draft evaders
If anyone thought sneaking across the border meant they were completely in the clear, Kyiv and Berlin might have a little surprise waiting.
So, Ukraine and Germany have set up a joint working group. Their main goal? Finding actual, working mechanisms to return Ukrainian men of military age who slipped out of the country illegally.
It's one thing to talk about "European solidarity," but it's another when the host country starts cooperating on sending people back. For a long time, the general vibe was that once you make it to the EU, you're legally untouchable. But now, official channels are quietly buzzing with ways to bridge the gap between Ukrainian mobilization needs and German legal bureaucracy.
Of course, turning this into actual deportations or extraditions is a legal nightmare. German courts are notoriously meticulous about human rights and asylum laws, so it's not like they can just pack people onto buses overnight. But the very fact that these bilateral talks are happening shows the wind is blowing in a very different direction.
Safe havens abroad are starting to look a lot less permanent as bureaucracy catches up with reality.
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