Germany Deports Afghan without Criminal Record for First Time Since Taliban Takeover
The man was among 31 Afghan men on a flight from Germany, and 30 others had criminal convictions, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said.
- Germany deported 31 Afghan men on Tuesday, including one individual without a criminal record for the first time since the Taliban returned to power in 2021, Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt confirmed.
- Since the resumption of deportations to Afghanistan in 2024, Germany has returned over 200 people. These operations remain controversial given concerns over human rights and the treatment of returnees following the Taliban takeover in 2021.
- Of the 31 men deported, 30 possessed criminal convictions. The remaining individual had exhausted his asylum claim after being found living illegally in another European country.
- Amnesty International has raised concerns about the treatment of returnees, reporting that at least one person was killed following a previous deportation to Afghanistan.
- Dobrindt noted the individual without a criminal record became liable for deportation after exhausting his asylum claim. The government continues executing these deportations despite ongoing human rights concerns.
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After the re-deportation of Afghans by charter flight to their home country, Federal Minister Dobrindt defended his course against criticism. The CSU politician said that he had made clear in the past that, according to the coalition agreement, he would begin the deportations of criminals, but that persons liable to leave would also be eligible.
Since the Taliban's 2021 coup, deportations to Afghanistan have been controversial.
In Kabul he built a police station for the West, then fled from the Taliban. Now Faridoon Tofan is to be deported from Germany.
The federal government has created the conditions to make regular deportations of all persons who are obliged to leave the country possible in the future.
Interior Minister Dobrindt continues his course in migration policy: 31 people have been deported to Afghanistan. Cooperation with the Taliban is a source of sharp criticism.
A man from Afghanistan fails in Germany with an asylum application. Since the re-take of power of the Taliban, the federal government has actually only deported offenders to the country. Interior Minister Dobrindt explains why it still affects the Afghans who have not been convicted.
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