Overview

• He said the goal is to conclude an agreement with Damascus this year, beginning returns with convicted offenders before expanding to rejected applicants.
• The Federal Office for Migration and Refugees has been instructed to partially resume suspended procedures for Syrians to enable decisions that can be enforced.
• He plans technical talks with Taliban representatives to create regular return channels to Afghanistan without relying on Qatari mediation.
• Germany has carried out two collective deportation flights to Afghanistan since the Taliban takeover, including a July flight carrying serious offenders that drew criticism from rights groups.
• Deportations to Syria have been halted since 2012, while assisted voluntary returns remain limited at 1,867 through August and about 955,000 Syrian nationals reside in Germany.