An Irish woman based in Berlin may not be deported over her involvement in pro-Palestinian protests, a German court ruled on Wednesday.
The Berlin Administrative Court found that revoking the woman's right to freedom of movement as an EU citizen was unlawful, rejecting a 2025 deportation order by the Berlin Immigration Office.
In March, the immigration authority revoked the rights of freedom of movement in the European Union for an Irish man, the Irish woman and a Polish woman; at the same time, a US citizen was also issued with a deportation order.
The decision was based partly on their participation in pro-Palestinian protests at a university campus in the German capital.
The German protests came in the wake of mass student protests in the US and elsewhere against the actions of the Israeli military during its war on Hamas in Gaza.
The Irish woman has been living in Germany since 2022, according to the court.
In 2024 and 2025, prosecutors began investigating her in relation to participation in pro-Palestinian protests, amid accusations that she used pro-Palestinian slogans and resisted law enforcement officers.
She was also suspected of having been involved in the occupation of an administrative building of Berlin's Free University.
The court noted that the woman was never convicted of a crime, that the investigations against her have been dropped and no charges brought. It also determined that she does not pose a sufficiently serious threat to public order or safety.
The court had also sided with the woman in an urgent injunction filed by her last year against her pending deportation.
Wednesday's decision in the main proceedings can still be appealed to the Higher Administrative Court in Berlin.
