Deportations planned: Government sends criminals to Afghanistan

According to a report, the federal government is planning another deportation flight to Afghanistan before the federal election in order to fly out criminals and dangerous people. As the , preparations for the second deportation flight since the radical Islamic Taliban came to power over three years ago are underway under the leadership of the Federal Ministry of the Interior led by Nancy Faeser (SPD). However, the Interior Ministry rejected any connection with the election date.

The federal government has confirmed to the Free State of Bavaria “that at least one “collective measure” should take place in Afghanistan over the next 6 weeks (until February 22, 2025), the newspaper quoted from a letter from a Bavarian authority. She turned to a court at the beginning of January and used these reasons to apply for detention pending deportation.

The Interior Ministry confirmed plans for a deportation. “The federal government is working intensively to enable such a measure again through a key regional partner,” explained a spokesman.

However, the ministry rejected any connection with the election date. “Further deportation measures to Afghanistan have no connection with the date mentioned,” said a spokesman. “If such a date was mentioned, it is not accurate and does not correspond to the position” of the ministry.

The spokesman said that deportation measures would then take place as soon as all legal, factual and logistical requirements were met. In the case of Afghanistan in particular, this depends on numerous external factors such as cooperation with third countries, flight permits and more.

At the end of August last year, Germany deported people to the country for the first time since the Taliban came to power in Afghanistan. 28 Afghan nationals, all convicted of serious crimes, were flown back to their home country.