For the first time since the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011, the federal police have prosecuted a convicted criminal Syria deported. The Federal Ministry of the Interior announced that the man was handed over to the authorities in Damascus.
The ministry had reached an agreement with the Islamist government of Syria “that deportations of criminals and dangerous people can take place regularly in the future,” it said. The man had loudly Federal Ministry of the Interior served a prison sentence in North Rhine-Westphalia for particularly serious robbery, bodily harm and extortion.
In addition, according to the Federal Ministry of the Interior, there is another criminal
Afghanistan been deported. He was therefore in prison in Bavaria for, among other things, intentional bodily harm. The repatriation is “the second deportation of an Afghan criminal within a week.”
Criticism of the human rights situation
The Ministry justified the deportations to unstable countries. “Our society has a legitimate interest that criminals leave our country“, said Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU).
A year ago, a rebel coalition led by the Islamist militia Hajat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) overthrew the regime of ruler Bashar al-Assad. HTS leader Ahmed al-Sharaa is now interim president. The federal government sees the civil war in Syria as over. Human rights organizations describe the situation in Syria but still very unsafe Even Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul described the situation as precarious. The The United States attacked numerous Islamic State (IS) positions in Syria in mid-December to.
Human rights activists are also critical of deportations to Afghanistan. The federal government’s negotiations with representatives of the Islamist Taliban, who are in power in Afghanistan, necessary to organize deportations, had sparked criticism, as had the announcement that refugees would be handed back over to the regime. The federal government even had this Allow Taliban representatives to move into the Consulate General in Germany. The federal government initially only wants to deport criminals.
