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Germany says it resumes deportations to Afghanistan
Spiegel magazine reported that a Kabul-bound flight took off from Leipzig early on Friday with 28 convicted criminals onboard after months of secret negotiations with mediator Qatar, according to Reuters.
Germany said it resumed flying convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to their home country on Friday.
The coalition government has come under pressure to take a tougher stance on migration after a deadly stabbing linked to Daesh at a city festival a week ago and after an Afghan man stabbed a German policeman to death in a knife attack in June.
Spiegel magazine reported that a Kabul-bound flight took off from Leipzig early on Friday with 28 convicted criminals onboard after months of secret negotiations with mediator Qatar, according to Reuters.
The government said in a statement it thanked “key regional partners” for their support and added that more such deportations were being worked on.
Berlin had stopped returning people to Afghanistan on human rights concerns after the Islamic Emirate took power in 2021. Germany said in June it was again considering deporting Afghan migrants who pose a security threat, following the police officer’s killing in the city of Mannheim.
