One year after the start of the largest repatriation campaign in the history of the Federal Republic of Germany, the federal government has only collected a fifth of the total costs from the passengers with 17,9 million euros. 

Because about 21.000 invoices have not yet been sent, as is the case rnd.de reported. This is justified with the large bureaucratic effort and the difficult working conditions due to the corona pandemic. 

After many countries closed borders and cut flight connections at short notice, a total of 240.000 "stranded" people from around 65 countries were flown back. According to the experience of the Federal Foreign Office to date, 80 percent of invoices are paid on time. However, there are passengers who oppose the payment of their return tickets in court. 113 such proceedings are currently ongoing.