(11 Aug 2021) Germany has suspended deportations of migrants to Afghanistan due to the tense security situation as Taliban insurgents make sweeping gains in the Mideast country.
Interior Minister Horst Seehofer ordered the suspension "for the time being," spokesman Steve Alter said Wednesday.
Alter said earlier Wednesday that almost 30,000 Afghans in Germany are currently required to leave the country.
The ministry "continues to be of the view that there are people in Germany who need to leave the country, as soon as possible," Alter told reporters.
Last week, six other European Union member countries argued that the forced deportation of migrants back to Afghanistan must continue despite the government in Kabul suspending such "non-voluntary returns" for three months.
In a letter dated Aug. 5, the interior ministers of Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Greece and the Netherlands urged the EU's executive branch to "intensify talks" with the Afghan government to ensure that the deportations of refugees would continue.
German government spokesman Steffen Seibert said Wednesday that Germany is considering the Afghan government's request to halt deportations (of migrants) to the country.
"Of course, this has to be examined in light of the current situation, also in light of the developments of the last few days, and we will of course consult with our European partners on this," Seibert said.
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