Tours - Controversy over Syria- and Afghanistan deportations
In the traffic light government, disagreements have emerged regarding the topic of deportations of criminals to Syria and Afghanistan. According to a report from "Bild am Sonntag" (BamS), the Foreign Office refers to a confidential situation assessment in which significant security issues in Syria are highlighted. There are continuing combat operations in all regions, and there are also reliable reports of serious human rights violations, including torture practices and executions, some of which have affected returnees in the past. Therefore, the United Nations, which is present in Syria, continues to assess that "the conditions for a safe return of refugees are not given".
Federal Government negotiates with third parties
Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) announced as a consequence of the fatal knife attack in Mannheim that the deportation of serious criminals and terrorist threats to Afghanistan and Syria would again be possible. The Federal Government is conducting negotiations with various third parties to enable deportations to Afghanistan, for example. On May 31, an Afghan man injured five men with a knife on the Mannheimer marketplace, and a 29-year-old policeman, Rouven Laur, died two days later from his injuries. Another officer shot the attacker.
The decision of the Upper Administrative Court of Munster caused a stir a few days ago. In this judgment, it is stated that for civilians in Syria, "there is no serious, individual threat to their life or bodily integrity due to willful violence in the context of an internal armed conflict".
Baerbock skeptical after Scholz promise
During his summer press conference, Scholz announced that decisions on this topic would be made soon. "I have publicly stated that we will carry out deportations, especially of criminals, to Afghanistan, but also to other countries like Syria. We are working very precisely on that, and it will actually happen. You will soon be able to report on concrete deportations to Afghanistan." Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) told BamS: "We are conducting confidential negotiations with various countries to make deportations to Afghanistan and Syria possible again."
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock (Greens) expressed skepticism at a recent event of the "Zeit" in Hamburg. "I believe that it is not a contribution to security in these uncertain times to promise things where you are not entirely sure how to keep them the next day," she said without directly referring to Scholz or others. Germany currently maintains no diplomatic relations with the Taliban rulers in Kabul nor with the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
- Despite the announcement by Federal Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD) permittting the deportation of criminals to Syria and Afghanistan, the United Nations (UN) continues to assert that the conditions for a safe return of refugees are not met in Syria.
- The Upper Administrative Court of Munster recently made a decision that civilians in Syria do not face a serious, individual threat to their life or bodily integrity due to willful violence in the context of an internal armed conflict.
- In response to the fatal knife attack in Mannheim, Federal Chancellor Scholz announced that the deportation of serious criminals and terrorist threats to Syria and Afghanistan would be possible again.
- Germany's Federal Government is currently negotiating with various third parties to enable deportations to Afghanistan, as stated by Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) to "Bild am Sonntag" (BamS).
- The SPD and the Greens, the two parties in Germany's traffic light coalition government, have shown disagreements regarding the topic of deportations of criminals to Syria and Afghanistan.
- Annalena Baerbock, the Green Party's Foreign Minister, expressed skepticism at a recent event, suggesting that making such promises might not contribute to security during uncertain times.
- The report from "Bild am Sonntag" (BamS) highlighted significant security issues in Syria, including ongoing combat operations in all regions and reliable reports of serious human rights violations, such as torture practices and executions.
- Scholz announced at his summer press conference that decisions regarding deportations to Afghanistan and other countries like Syria would be made soon, with concrete deportations set to be reported shortly.
