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| Germany scraps deportation flight to Afghanistan |
| 2021-05-05 |
| [DW] Berlin says it is delaying a Tuesday deportation flight to Afghanistan over "logistical" issues. Human rights groups have been calling for them to be ditched permanently. The German government has canceled a planned deportation flight to return A spokeswoman for Interior Minister Horst Seehofer said the "return measure" had been postponed due to "logistical" problems. International troops officially began withdrawing from Afghanistan on May 1. Refugee advocate groups have called for the cancelation of all future flights. They said that the deportations had been axed owing to the deteriorating security situation in the country, which was invaded by a US-led NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... alliance in 2001. Officials quoted by the AFP news agency said that the federal government was concerned about the safety of the coppers accompanying the potential returnees. The need for increased security measures in Kabul made flights impossible between May 1 and May 6. Officials told the dpa news agency that Germany would not scrap its policy of allowing deportations to Afghanistan. Last month, German Defense Minister Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer said Berlin would do all it can to help local Afghans who had assisted Germany's military during the campaign. A procedure for admitting local Afghan staff who need refuge already exists, although there are a number of disputed cases. According to the Defense Ministry, 781 people have been approved for residency in Germany since 2013. German officials are trying to streamline the process to make easier for those Afghans to seek a new life in Germany. |
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