Overview

• The Oberlandesgericht Frankfurt authorized the extradition of an Afghan man convicted of document misuse to Greece to serve a six-year prison sentence.
• The man was convicted in absentia by a Thessaloniki court in October 2024 for providing genuine identity documents to another Afghan for illegal travel.
• He was arrested in February 2025 at Frankfurt Airport under a European Arrest Warrant initiated by Greek authorities.
• German courts determined the extradition permissible under EU law, emphasizing that the convict’s temporary deportation ban from Afghanistan does not constitute habitual residence in Germany.
• Human rights groups continue to scrutinize Greece's detention and reception conditions, though courts found minimum EU standards are met.