US EditionGermany deports 81 Afghan men to their homeland in 2nd flight since the Taliban’s return
GERMANY, JUL 18 – Germany deported 81 Afghan men convicted of crimes, marking the second such flight since 2021, as part of a new government policy to tighten migration and asylum controls, officials said.
- On Friday, the German Interior Ministry announced the deportation of 81 Afghan nationals on a flight from Leipzig Airport to Kabul.
- Since taking office in early May, Chancellor Friedrich Merz's government has pursued a tougher migration policy, resulting in the second deportation since the Taliban's return and the first under his administration.
- Qatar facilitated the flight, and all deportees had asylum applications rejected, as the Qatari Ministry of Foreign Affairs provided logistical coordination.
- Amid the migration summit, European counterparts agreed to tighten asylum rules, including standard deportations to Afghanistan and Syria, said the German Interior Ministry.
- We share the conviction that Europe must act with determination and unity to reduce illegal migration, the Interior Ministry said; the goals require Brussels' approval and include secure centres outside the EU and asylum procedures in third countries.
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UN urges 'immediate halt' to Afghan deportations
The United Nations insisted no one should be sent back to Afghanistan, after Germany on Friday deported 81 Afghans convicted of crimes to their Taliban-controlled homeland. The UN rights office warned that surging numbers of Afghans being forced to return to their conflict- and crisis-torn country from elsewhere in the region especially but also further afield was creating "a multi-layered human-rights crisis". "UN High Commissioner for Human Ri…
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Germany has successfully deported 81 Afghan nationals to Kabul through a landmark "indirect agreement" with the Taliban.A returns flight left Leipzig airport early on Friday morning carrying Afghan citizens, including violent criminals and sex offenders, according to German outlet Spiegel.Alexander Dobrindt, Germany's Interior Minister, declared the operation demonstrated his country's "zero tolerance for asylum seekers who commit crimes"."We ha…
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