The German government announced on Friday that it had returned deport Afghan criminals to their countrya measure that had not been applied since August 2021 and that it affects “convicted criminals who had no right to remain in Germany and against whom deportation orders had been issued.”
The announcement was made public by Steffen Hebestereit, spokesman for the government of the German socialist chancellor. Olaf ScholzThe attack comes just a week after the attack that left three dead in the western city of Solingen, following which the government presented new measures to toughen immigration and security policy.
“This morning, Germany returned Afghan nationals to their home country for the first time since August 2021,” Hebestreit said in a statement in which the Scholz government reiterated its “commitment” to carrying out repatriations such as those announced this Friday.
“Germany’s interest in security clearly outweighs the interest in protecting criminals and dangerous people,” said the statement from the spokesperson for the German executive, who presented the day before a set of measures by which Berlin intends to toughen its immigration and security policy.
This package was the Scholz government’s reaction to the Knife attack left three dead last week in Solingen perpetrated by a Syrian citizen who should have been previously deported and who had pledged allegiance to the jihadist group Islamic State (IS).
German Socialist Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Berlin on Wednesday.
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Hebestreit stressed by referring in his statement to Afghan immigrants against whom convictions and expulsion orders that “in recent months, the federal government has made great efforts to resume returns in these cases and has supported the responsible states in this regard.”
“Germany has requested the support of key regional partners to facilitate the repatriation. The federal government is very grateful for this support,” the spokesperson said in his statement.
