Status: 11.08.2021 2:04 p.m.
The radical Islamic Taliban are on the rise in Afghanistan. Interior Minister Seehofer has now ordered no more people to be deported to the country for the time being. Aid organizations had previously called for a deportation stop.
Since the security situation in Afghanistan has deteriorated dramatically, Germany is no longer deporting rejected asylum seekers there. “Due to the current developments in the security situation, the Federal Minister of the Interior decided to suspend deportations to Afghanistan for the time being,” said a spokesman for the dpa news agency.
A deportation of six Afghans that was postponed last week will initially not be made up for. According to the Interior Ministry, there are currently almost 30,000 Afghans who are required to leave Germany. Since 2016, more than 1,000 migrants have been returned to Afghanistan, mostly criminals.
Taliban control several cities
After the withdrawal of foreign troops, the Taliban are on the advance in the Hindu Kush – the civilian population in particular is suffering from this. The jihadists have now regained control of nine provincial capitals. The EU ambassadors represented in Kabul had only spoken out in favor of stopping deportations on Tuesday.
26 organizations, including Amnesty International, Pro Asyl, Caritas and Diakonie, pleaded for it in a joint statement. The Federal Foreign Office is currently preparing a new asylum situation report for Afghanistan, which is usually the main basis for decisions about deportations. However, this report is not yet available.