With the help of neighbors from Germany, but also from one of Afghanistan’s neighboring countries, forced deportations will soon take place.
Interior Minister Gerhard Karner answered the phone at exactly 9:00 on Friday. On the other end of the line was German SPD Interior Minister Nancy Faeser. She described to her counterpart the most important details and events surrounding the deportation flight to Kabul. It is quite possible that more of these coordination telephone conversations between the two will follow in the near future.
As Interior Minister Gerhard Karner made clear to the “Krone”, Austria will also forcibly deport people to Afghanistan in “close coordination” with its German neighbours.
Uzbekistan is negotiating with the Taliban instead of us
But as ÖVP Chancellor and former Interior Minister Karl Nehammer noted yesterday, things are “a bit complicated” now that the Taliban regime is in power there. You have to “find detours” to get Afghans back to their country. This is exactly what we need first from Germany’s help, especially from Afghanistan’s neighbors.
“The goal is that we, Germany and Austria, together with regional partners, will again carry out deportations to Afghanistan,” Karner officially explains. According to information from “Krone”, these “regional partners” include Uzbekistan. Instead of Austria, the Uzbeks will negotiate with the Taliban regime in the future about the final details of the deportations.
The final coordination is still planned, but basic agreements on the deal have already been reached, as the “Krone” has learned. The deportation of the accomplice in the Leonie case, which “Krone” reported, could then probably be carried out – once he has served his sentence for murder.
When could the first plane leave Vienna for Uzbekistan or Kabul? “As soon as possible,” the minister said. Officially, we are waiting in vain for more concrete information. Unofficially, the negotiators assume that the first deportations will take place this year. Moreover, it cannot be ruled out that those who are forcibly deported, as in Germany, will receive 1,000 euros in advance money.
Kickl criticizes: ‘Flieger should have been much too late for us’
From the point of view of FPÖ leader Herbert Kickl, that would be too late anyway. “The departure of the deportation planes to Afghanistan is long overdue for us and is expected by the population,” he explains. However, Kickl lacks “any honesty and credibility” at the ÖVP; in reality, she is against deportations.
The NEOS wondered why Karner had obtained information from Germany so late. The SPÖ and the Greens stressed that deportations should only be carried out if this is legally possible…
Source: Krone
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