Crime - Debate on Afghanistan deportation - 13 cases in Brandenburg
For months, interior ministers of the states have been pushing for deportations of criminals and so-called Islamic danger individuals to Afghanistan. Brandenburg recently reported 13 criminal offenders from Afghanistan to the Federal Interior Ministry who are deportable. A spokesperson of the Interior Ministry in Potsdam confirmed this upon request. The spokesperson did not mention which crimes they were charged with.
The states were asked to name their cases of Afghan offenders. In Hamburg, for instance, Innensenator Andy Grote (SPD) mentioned 18 cases of Afghan criminal offenders who are deportable.
It is still unclear how deportations to Afghanistan and also to Syria will concretely take place. Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) had said in June that she was in talks with several countries about this. Since Germany currently has no diplomatic relations with the Taliban rulers in Kabul nor with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, deportations are likely to be organized through neighboring countries.
According to the Ministry in Brandenburg, there were a total of 349 Syrian nationals and 345 Afghan nationals who were deportable as of May 31, 2024. "A medium two-digit number of this group belongs to the circle of Syrian offenders, and a low two-digit number to offenders from Afghanistan." The Federal Interior Ministry had not yet asked about the number of deportable offenders from Syria, according to the spokesperson.
He also referred to the difficulty that many deportable individuals lacked a pass and their papers had to be obtained from the embassy of the country in question. This failed due to the lack of diplomatic relations. "Improving or creating these essential framework conditions is the responsibility of the Federal Government," so the Interior Ministry in Potsdam.
After the fatal stabbing attack by an Afghan in Mannheim, in which a police officer died, the debate on deportations was reignited. At the Interior Ministers' Conference in June in Potsdam, Federal Minister Faeser expressed optimism about finding solutions for deporting serious criminals and Islamic danger individuals from Afghanistan and Syria. "We are in concrete negotiations about this and are optimistic that we will achieve this for this group," she had said. However, it concerns a small group. The Federal Government is examining whether, in the case of Afghanistan, a return via neighboring countries is possible.
- The SPD, led by Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, has been engaged in talks with various countries to facilitate deportations of criminal offenders and individuals considered an Islamic danger to Germany, including Afghanistan and Syria.
- Brandenburg reported 13 Afghan criminal offenders to the Federal Interior Ministry, which is responsible for internal security, making them eligible for deportation.
- Andy Grote, Innensenator of Hamburg (SPD), revealed 18 cases of Afghan criminal offenders who are eligible for deportation within the city's jurisdiction.
- The Ministry of the Interior in Brandenburg disclosed a total of 349 Syrian nationals and 345 Afghan nationals as deportable as of May 31, 2024.
- Improving or creating necessary diplomatic frameworks for deportations is a responsibility of the Federal Government, according to the Interior Ministry in Potsdam.
- The recent deployment of Afghanistan's Taliban rulers in Kabul and Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime have made direct deportations challenging, and alternative routes through neighboring countries are being explored.
- The Federal Ministry of the Interior is evaluating whether it is feasible to arrange for the return of Afghan offenders through neighboring countries, following the fatal stabbing attack in Mannheim by an Afghan offender that claimed a police officer's life.
