Germany starts deporting criminals from Afghanistan again Reporting Reuters. Since the Taliban came to power in 2021, the German government has stopped deporting Afghans due to the deteriorating human rights situation.

Mirror clarifyOn the morning of August 30, 28 Afghan prisoners flew from Leipzig to Kabul on a Qatar Airways charter flight. They were all serving sentences in German prisons for robbery, serious bodily harm and rape.

“We don’t talk about it too much, but serious preparations are being made (for expulsions),” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz told a news conference.

In a statement, the government thanked “key regional partners” for their support and said a new deportation operation was underway. Reuters clarified that authorities did not reveal who the accomplices were.

Earlier, Bloomberg reported, citing sources, that Germany is negotiating a migration deal with Uzbekistan that could include the expulsion of Afghan refugees. WrittenSuch a deal would allow Berlin to avoid dealing directly with the Taliban, which the German government does not recognize.

The agency noted that the Uzbek government is considering the idea but wants to include in the migration agreement an agreement that would allow workers to legally migrate from Uzbekistan to Germany.

Der Spiegel also wrote that Berlin is secretly negotiating with Uzbekistan and other Afghan neighbors to begin expelling Afghans.

  • German Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed to tighten immigration policies, including for Afghan and Syrian asylum seekers, after an Afghan refugee attacked a German police officer in early June during a May 31 rally of members of the European Peace Organization critical of Islam. HappenedThe law enforcement officer was stabbed multiple times in the head and died in hospital.