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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Germany deports criminal to Syria as pressure mounts on migration
Germany deported a convicted criminal to Syria on Tuesday for the first time since the start of a 14-year-long civil war there as the government in Berlin tries to show voters it is addressing their worries about migration.
For the first time since the beginning of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the Federal Government has again deported a convicted criminal to the country. According to the Interior Ministry in Berlin, the man was handed over to the authorities in the Syrian capital Damascus in the morning.
Germany deported a man to Syria for the first time since the civil war broke out in that country in 2011, the Interior Ministry in Berlin said on Tuesday, January 23. A Syrian immigrant previously convicted of criminal offences in Germany was flown to Damascus and handed over to Syrian authorities on Tuesday morning, the ministry said.
Germany has deported a criminal Syrian. Federal police took the man on a scheduled flight to Damascus, as the "picture" reports. An Afghan also had to return to his country on Tuesday.
The individual had previously served a sentence in the Land of North Rhine-Westphalia for aggravated robbery, injury and extortion.
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