A 40-year-old Afghan man has been arrested in the German city of Hamburg after he went to a police station and told officers that he had...
Germany’s Interior Ministry confirmed the deportations on Tuesday, September 1, saying the individuals were flown to the Afghan capital on a charter flight.
Germany has tightened its migration policies under conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz following years of accepting large numbers of refugees and asylum seekers.
The German government deported 30 Afghan nationals to Kabul on Tuesday on a charter flight from Leipzig Airport. The German newspaper Bild reported that the migrants...
Germany resumed deportations to Afghanistan in 2024 despite continued debate over the safety of returnees following the political changes in the country in 2021.
German prosecutors have launched an investigation into five Bundeswehr soldiers over allegations of theft during Germany’s evacuation mission at Kabul International Airport in Afghanistan in 2021,...
Germany’s top court ruled on Friday that the government could not simply cancel an entire swathe of resettlement places promised to Afghans, and that each case...
The deportation policy has however been criticised by human rights organisations and refugee advocates, who argue that Afghans returned to Afghanistan may face significant risks.
For the first time in years, the German government is preparing to deport Afghan nationals, who have no criminal records and are not considered security threats,...
Germany’s Interior Ministry says the continued operation of Afghanistan’s diplomatic missions in the country is essential to carrying out deportations of rejected Afghan asylum seekers, as...
According to Merz, the German government is engaging with IEA representatives at the lowest possible technical level to facilitate the deportation of Afghan nationals convicted of...
Germany has reportedly agreed to accept six additional Islamic Emirate-appointed diplomats as part of an arrangement aimed at expanding deportation flights for Afghan nationals, according to...
As the German government does not recognize the Islamic Emirate authorities in Kabul, the talks are referred to in Germany as taking place at a "technical...
Germany has deported around 30 Afghan men to Afghanistan on a charter flight, continuing Berlin’s policy of returning foreign nationals found guilty of major criminal offenses....
A 20-year-old Afghan migrant has been arrested in Germany over the alleged sexual assault of an 11-year-old girl inside a school toilet in the city of...
However, the investigations allege that not only convicted individuals but also some single Afghan men without criminal records may have been targeted, intensifying criticism.
The German Embassy in Islamabad has announced that Afghan citizens residing in Pakistan can apply for study or work visa online from 1 June 2026. According...
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.
The Chancellor pointed out that, in his view, the only successful regime change in recent decades occurred in Panama.
The German government has stated that it does not recognize a representative of the Islamic Emirate as ambassador or chargé d’affaires of the Afghan embassy in...