Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty February 12, 2017 Several thousand people took part in demonstrations across Germany to protest the forced return of Afghan refugees whose bids for asylum have been rejected. “The people who are forced to return cannot live their lives in safety there,” organizers in Hamburg said of the situation in Afghanistan. “A
Press TV January 24, 2017 Germany has deported a second batch of Afghan refugees under a controversial deal between Kabul and the European Union. Kabul airport police spokesman, Mohammad Adjmal Fawzi, said the 26 men, escorted by 80 German police officers, landed in the Afghan capital shortly after 7:30 a.m. local time on Tuesday. “What
DW: Conflict has displaced people in nearly all of Afghanistan’s provinces, according to the UN. Germany’s government argues that there are safe regions in the war-torn country which deportees could return to safely. Click here to read more (external link). Related Afghanistan now a ‘continual emergency’, as war drives record numbers from their homes Migrants Battle
Ayaz Gul VOA News December 15, 2016 ISLAMABAD — More than 30 Afghans returned home Thursday after their applications for asylum were rejected by Germany. The young men are the first of an estimated 12,000 Afghans the German government plans to forcibly send back to Afghanistan under a bilateral agreement. German officials say the migrants have
Ayaz Gul VOA News November 11, 2016 ISLAMABAD — An attack on a German consulate building in northern Afghanistan late Thursday killed six people and wounded more than 100, mostly civilians, though Germany’s foreign minister on Friday reported consulate staff members were unharmed. Frank-Walter Steinmeier expressed his condolences for victims of the attack, in which a
Press TV October 2, 2016 The government of Afghanistan has agreed to a mechanism for cooperation with Germany on how the European country could deport refugees whose asylum request has been rejected. Officials in Berlin said Sunday that they signed a joint declaration with Kabul that enables Germany to deport refugees to Kabul or facilitate their
1TV: Afghan officials said on Sunday they had agreed to return of 50 refugees per week from Germany. Around 250,000 Afghans applied for asylum in Europe last year with Germany as their top destination. EU is seeking to send a large number of the refugees back to their country. Click here to read more (external link). Related
Khaama Press: A young Afghan refugee has been hailed as a ‘champion’ following the Munich shooting that left at least 9 people dead, an attack that was carried out by a German-Iranian. According to the local media reports, the 20-year-old Amir Najazada was hailed for saving nearly 200 people by shifting them to the underground of a
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 20, 2016 German media have reported that the 17-year-old asylum seeker who was shot dead by police after attacking passengers with an ax and knife on a train in southern Germany was not Afghan but in fact Pakistani. German state broadcaster ZDF said on July 20 that documents found in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 19, 2016 German police say a hand-drawn Islamic State (IS) flag was found in the room of the 17-year-old Afghan asylum seeker who attacked passengers on a train in Bavaria, in southern Germany, before being shot dead by police on July 19. The IS-linked news agency Amaq said the attack was