Germany suspends deportations to Afghanistan
Posted Aug 11, 2021 09:05:04 AM.
Last Updated Aug 11, 2021 09:09:24 AM.
BERLIN (AP) — Germany has suspended deportations of migrants to Afghanistan due to the tense security situation in the 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.
The Associated Press
