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Germany Close to Deal with Taliban on Afghan Deportations
Germany plans to increase deportations of convicted Afghan asylum seekers with the Taliban amid efforts to enforce stricter immigration policies, officials said.
- On Saturday, Alexander Dobrindt, Germany's Interior Minister, said talks with the Taliban government in Afghanistan are advanced and may soon finalise regular deportation flights.
- Merz's government argues that speeding up expulsions of Afghan convicts supports a tougher immigration policy to counter the far right in Germany.
- Ministry staff last weekend held technical discussions with officials in Kabul to organise deportation flights, though returns are controversial as Berlin does not recognise the Taliban administration in Kabul.
- Dobrindt said `So, we can assume that we will have an agreement very soon...` and will do everything to make it work, including visiting Kabul, to facilitate regular deportations, he added.
- Past flights and policy steps show Germany has made two deportation flights returning 81 this year and 28 last year, with Qatar mediating charters and a Syrian asylum freeze after Assad's fall.
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Dobrindt wants deportation agreements with Taliban – despite human rights warnings. Talks in Kabul for regular returns are "far advanced".
Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt announces regular deportations to Afghanistan, and talks with the Taliban are almost complete.
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The Federal Ministry of the Interior could soon conclude an agreement with the Taliban on repatriation. Despite criticism, Dobrindt holds on to deportation flights.
·Germany
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So far, there have been only two deportation flights from the Federal Government to Afghanistan. After "technical talks" with Taliban in Kabul, Dobrindt wants to further expand this. According to the Interior Minister, regular deportation flights are imminent.
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