US EditionGermany deports criminal to Syria as pressure mounts on migration
Germany resumed deportations of convicted criminals to Syria and Afghanistan under new agreements amid rising migration concerns and increased support for the far-right Alternative for Germany.
- On Dec 23, Germany deported a Syrian convicted offender to Damascus and an Afghan offender to Afghanistan, marking the first such removals since Syria's civil war began.
- Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said deportations to Syria and Afghanistan must be possible, and Chancellor Friedrich Merz has pledged to speed up deportations amid voters' migration concerns.
- The Syrian convict had served a prison sentence in north-western Germany for robbery and extortion, while the Afghan offender imprisoned in southern Bavaria was also deported Tuesday; Berlin struck deals with Damascus and Kabul for regular removals.
- Human rights groups warned that continued instability and rights abuses in Syria and Afghanistan put deported migrants at excessive risk, critics of the deportations argued.
- Following regional moves, Austria deported someone to Syria in July, and Germany's conservative-led government made removals a diplomatic priority after Bashar al-Assad fled last year.
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The Syrian deported today is a 27-year-old man who served a prison sentence in North Rhine-Westphalia for robbery, assault and extortion.
Deporting convicted intensive offenders is an effective means. Deportations after the abolition of asylum grounds are legitimate, but Germany also needs the integration of immigrants.
In the longer term, the deportation of Syrian asylum seekers will generally become possible after the civil war in Syria, which lies in ruins, officially ended after 15 years. The government's decision also serves to strengthen the AfD.
der Standard AT
The Interior Ministry in Berlin stated that an agreement had been reached with Syria that deportations could take place regularly in the future.
Germany handed over a convicted Syrian man to authorities in the Syrian capital Damascus this morning, the German Interior Ministry confirmed. It is the first deportation to Syria since the outbreak of the civil war there in 2011, German news agency dpa reported. The man was convicted of robbery, assault and extortion.
Deutsche Welle
einnews.comGermany deports criminal to Syria after years-long halt
Germany has deported a convicted criminal to Syria for the first time since the civil war began. The move comes after a new arrangement with Damascus to allow regular removals of offenders and security risks.
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