German Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt wishes to negotiate a direct agreement with the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan (IEA) on getting Afghan migrants deported from Germany, he told Focus publication in an interview.In August, Germany resumed flying convicted lawbreakers of Afghan citizenship to their home country, after stopping briefly deportations following the IEA’& rsquo; s takeover in August 2021, with the support of what Berlin stated were “& ldquo; key local partners”& rdquo;.
Germany does not identify the IEA government as legitimate and has no main diplomatic ties with it.“& ldquo; My concept is that we make arrangements directly with Afghanistan to allow repatriations,” & rdquo; Dobrindt said in the interview published online on Wednesday evening.“& ldquo; We still require third parties to carry out talks with Afghanistan.
This can not stay a permanent service,” & rdquo; added the political leader from the conservative CSU, the Bavarian sis party of Chancellor Friedrich Merz’& rsquo; s CDU.Merz had actually pledged to deport people to Afghanistan and Syria, in addition to halt refugee admission programs for German agencies’ & rsquo; previous local staff in Afghanistan and suspend family reunification as part of the conservatives’ & rsquo; election platform.Migration was a pivotal concern in February’& rsquo; s national elections following the rise of the far best and numerous prominent attacks by migrants.In the interview, Dobrindt stated Germany was likewise in contact with Syria –-- where the federal government has actually taken power following the fall of experienced leader Bashar al-Assad last December –-- on reaching an arrangement on deporting bad guys of Syrian nationality.Syrians and Afghans are the 2 largest groups of asylum seekers in Germany, with 76,765 Syrians and 34,149 Afghans applying for the status in 2024, according to federal migration office figures.
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