Afghans are already being deported, Austrian Chancellor Karl Nehammer (ÖVP) said on Friday. The “next step” is now to take them directly to Afghanistan. As reported, German authorities have now deported 28 criminals to Kabul.
The security authorities believe that some of them are responsible for the most serious politically motivated crimes, including attacks. According to the German Interior Ministry, the deportation had to be prepared for about two months. Now that the Taliban regime is in place, things are “a bit complicated,” Nehammer said. So you have to find detours.
Some steps have taken a long time in Germany, but the progress now being made is crucial. “We are happy that we are now allies,” Nehammer said.
Kickl and Karner before that
Interior Minister Gerhard Karner (ÖVP) also gave his approval on Friday. The news is “very good” but “not surprising”. Things are finally starting to move.
As expected, FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl saw things the same way. “The departure of the deportation planes to Afghanistan is long overdue for us and is expected by the population,” he said in a broadcast. But Nehammer and Karner only wanted to talk about it and not put it into practice.
The Greens and SPÖ stressed that deportations should be carried out if legally possible. If the Federal Republic can deport people to Afghanistan, “it should also be possible to implement this in Austria,” said NEOS MP Nikolaus Scherak.
“Sign for all criminals”
“It is a clear sign: Anyone who commits crimes cannot count on us not having them deported, but we will try, as you can see in this case,” said German Chancellor Olaf Scholz (SPD). So far, there have been skeptical words about deportations to Afghanistan from the German Greens and their Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock. “In individual cases, that is possible there. But it is clearly not trivial,” Baerbock said on Tuesday.
The flight to Kabul from Leipzig goes via the Emirate of Qatar.
Source: Krone
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