Authorities spokesperson Steffen Hebestreit described the 28 Afghan nationals as convicted criminals however didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark to make clear their offenses.
Inside Minister Nancy Faeser referred to as the transfer a safety concern for Germany.
Germany doesn’t have diplomatic relations with the Taliban, requiring the federal government to work via different channels.
The deportations occurred every week after a lethal knife assault within the city of Solingen through which the suspect is a Syrian citizen who had utilized for asylum in Germany.
The suspect was presupposed to be deported to Bulgaria final 12 months however reportedly disappeared for a time and averted deportation. He was ordered held Sunday on suspicion of homicide and membership in a terrorist group pending additional investigation and a potential indictment.The Islamic State militant group claimed duty for final Friday’s assault, with out offering proof. The extremist group mentioned on its information website that the attacker focused Christians and that he carried out the assaults “to avenge Muslims in Palestine and in every single place.” The declare couldn’t be independently verified.There has additionally been debate over immigration forward of regional elections Sunday in Germany’s Saxony and Thuringia areas the place anti-immigration events such because the populist Various for Germany are anticipated to do effectively. In June, Chancellor Olaf Scholz vowed that the nation would begin deporting criminals from Afghanistan and Syria once more after a knife assault by an Afghan immigrant left one police officer lifeless and 4 extra folks injured.
Faeser on Thursday introduced a plan to tighten knife legal guidelines, in keeping with German information company dpa. Together with different officers within the governing coalition, she additionally pledged throughout a information convention to make deportations simpler.
