Germany deported 25 Afghan nationals convicted of serious crimes to Kabul on Tuesday night in the latest charter flight repatriation.
According to German authorities, those deported had been issued removal orders after being convicted of offenses including manslaughter, rape, aggravated assault and drug-related crimes.
Federal Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt said the regular and systematic deportation of criminals to Afghanistan was a central part of Germany’s migration policy shift.
“People who have abused our protection and committed crimes here must leave our country,” he said, adding that Berlin would continue to expand deportations in a gradual and consistent manner.
The move follows an agreement between Germany’s Interior Ministry and Afghanistan’s de facto authorities aimed at enabling regular deportation flights.
German officials said the policy also fulfills a commitment in the governing coalition’s agreement to facilitate ongoing removals to Afghanistan.
