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Germany Maintains Yazidi Deportations After Genocide Commemoration

Human rights groups argue that forced returns expose survivors to danger in Sinjar without adequate security

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Ein vermummter Soldat geht mit einem Gewehr in der Hand durch Sinjar, das völlig zerstärt ist, die Straßen voll mit Einrichtungsgegenständen, Hauswände fehlen
Drei Frauen laufen auf einem Weg

Overview

  • On August 3, Commissioner Thomas Rachel marked the eleventh anniversary of the 2014 Yazidi genocide and pledged support for stabilization and reconstruction in Sinjar.
  • Since 2022, protection rates for Yazidi asylum claims in Germany have fallen to about 50 percent, placing up to 10,000 survivors at risk of deportation under a 2023 migration accord with Iraq.
  • NGOs Pro Asyl and Wadi, joined by opposition MPs, demand an immediate nationwide moratorium on Yazidi deportations, citing ongoing militia presence and destroyed infrastructure in northern Iraq.
  • The Federal Ministry of the Interior asserts that improved security in Iraq justifies ending collective persecution status for Yazidis, a policy change first applied in 2017.
  • Families returned to Sinjar, including the Qasims, face extreme heat, no potable water or power, and devastated homes, underscoring the gap between symbolic recognition and real safety.