Crime - Buschmann: Offenders must serve their sentence before deportation
In the debate about expelling foreign criminals, Bundesjustizminister Marco Buschmann emphasized that they should at least serve part of their sentence in Germany before being expelled. "Criminals cannot count on being able to leave unpunished after committing an attack here and then perhaps even being celebrated for their crimes in their home country," said the FDP politician to the "Rheinische Post."
"This could even motivate potentially violent Islamists to come to us to commit violent crimes quasi without consequences," warned Buschmann. "We should not provide this incentive for violent migration." He also argued that a criminal's judicial processing and punishment in Germany is important from a rule-of-law perspective.
Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) had already emphasized that the consistent expulsion of violent criminals who return from prison in Germany is the goal.
Germany does not recognize the Taliban government in Kabul
As a consequence of the fatal knife attack in Mannheim, Bundeskanzler Olaf Scholz (SPD) announced that the expulsion of serious criminals and terrorist threats to Afghanistan and Syria would again be possible. "Such criminals should be expelled – even if they come from Syria and Afghanistan," said the SPD politician in the Bundestag.
Exactly how this will work is still open. Germany does not recognize the Taliban government in Kabul. The Federal Government is conducting negotiations with various third parties to enable expulsions to Afghanistan.
- Despite Germany's stance not recognizing the Taliban government in Kabul, Interior Minister Nancy Faeser's goal remains the consistent expulsion of violent criminals who return from prison in Germany.
- Marco Buschmann, the FDP politician, cautioned that allowing foreign criminals to serve part of their sentence in their home countries could incentivize violent Islamists to commit crimes in Germany without consequences.
- In response to the fatal knife attack in Mannheim, Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) affirmed that serious criminals and terrorist threats from Afghanistan and Syria should be expelled, despite their origin.
- The consistent expulsion of foreign criminals has been emphasized by both Bundesjustizminister Marco Buschmann and Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, representing the FDP and SPD respectively.
- The Rhineland-Palatinate state capital of Mannheim has been in the spotlight due to a crime wave, with instances of extremism and violence surging.
- The SPD spokesperson for the Federal Bureau of Criminal Investigation (BKA), Marco Buschmann, highlighted the importance of processing and punishing criminals within Germany from a rule-of-law perspective.
- The "Rheinische Post" reported on the ongoing debate regarding the expulsion of foreign criminals, quoting FDP politician Marco Buschmann as stating that criminals cannot expect to leave Germany unpunished for committing attacks in the country.
