German Government Steps Up Deportations of Afghans

Although Germany's Foreign Office is under constant protest from human rights activists, the deportation of Afghan citizens has resumed and in most cases even been increased.

On Tuesday night, local authorities in Munich (southern Germany) carried out a fresh round of deportations of Afghan nationals.

Human Rights groups and lawyers working on behalf of refugee groups are urging the Bavarian government, who are sending back most of the Afghans, to rethink their deportations, saying it was ‘not safe’ for these men back in Afghanistan.

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The Bavarian Interior Minister, Mr. Joachim Hermann, though, explained that: "dangerous people, criminals, and identity thieves represent clear security problems in our country."

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Furthermore, local authorities in southern Germany, where the anti-immigrant feeling is higher than in the more liberal capital Berlin, are hoping that the deportations which are well advertised in the media will send "a signal that the rule of law is being applied."

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Back in Munich's Marienplatz square, some 200 people gathered to protest against the deportation policy. The protest was organized by the Bavarian Refugee Council. They claim that Chancellor Angela Merkel should pursue "a policy of integration and not deportations", according to their mission statement.

Source:

http://www.spiegel.de/politik/deutschland/fluechtlinge-14-abgelehnte-asylbewerber-nach-afghanistan-abgeschoben-a-1194559.html