The German Spiegel According to the German Federal Government Negotiations with Uzbekistanone Deportations of criminals to Afghanistan without direct consultation with the Taliban In the last week of May – before the alleged Islamist Knife attack of an Afghan in Mannheimwhich reopened the discussion about deportations of criminals to Afghanistan – a delegation from the Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser (SPD) travelled to the capital Tashkent.
According to this, Germany could send Afghan deportation candidates with Charterjets to Tashkent. According to dpa information, the last option was to hire a company based in Romania for the flight. From Tashkent, the Afghans will be flown by the Afghan airline Kam Air (which is banned from flying in the EU due to safety deficiencies) to Kabul The route is intended to ensure that Berlin does not have to make direct arrangements with the Taliban government in Kabul.
Taliban want cooperation, Uzbekistan a migration agreement
The Taliban categorically reject repatriations via third countries and demand direct cooperation – but this is precisely what Germany wants to avoid.
The talks were constructive, it was said, but Uzbekistan is to offer a agreement which should regulate the legal entry of Uzbek skilled workers into Germany. Joachim Stamp (FDP), the German government’s special representative for migration agreements, will travel to Uzbekistan next week for talks on such an agreement.
This is already the path Sweden Afghan criminals. However, all returnees must “voluntarily accept” the returns in order not to violate international law. According to HE DOES Sweden pushed between January 2023 and May 2024 nine Afghans in this way.
Mannheim attacker in artificial coma
It is not possible to say exactly how many people are eligible for possible deportation to Afghanistan. In principle, around 13,000 Afghans living in Germany are considered to be required to leave the country. However, many of them are tolerated and cannot be deported. How many are deported due to serious Criminal offenses There is no national record of the number of Afghans convicted of extremism.
The 25-year-old Mannheim attacker is reportedly now in artificial coma His condition is critical and his life is “in danger”.