Post-Stabbing Incident - Doubts on Scholz's Deportation of Serious Criminals Raise by Söder
Following the deadly knife attack in Mannheim, Scholz (SPD) revealed his intention to reinstate the deportation of serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria. Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) is currently weighing this idea. Since the Taliban took control of Kabul in August 2021, deportations of Afghans to Germany have been halted.
Söder reiterated that those responsible for such heinous acts should be deported. If the culprit is from Afghanistan or Syria, he should be sent back to these countries. He called for the cancellation of subsidiary protection for refugees from these nations. He argued that the issue was that many people from Afghanistan and Syria come to Germany and do not undergo individual asylum proceedings anymore, but are instead given a "blank check". The so-called subsidiary protection, according to Söder, means that anyone who arrives in these countries is presumed to be persecuted. He believes that's incorrect. One must always conduct a new procedure to determine if someone is politically persecuted. Additionally, it must be verified if someone can be returned safely.
