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

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.

At least 169 expulsions in 2025

"A total of 30 people were deported to Guinea in January 2026. (In comparison), in January 2025, 20 people were sent back to Guinea," a German interior ministry spokesman told AFP.

There were 169 expulsions to Guinea in 2025, they added.

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