Overview

• Interior Ministry officials will travel to Kabul in October to negotiate returns with Taliban representatives, the ministry confirmed.
• Dobrindt says he aims to conclude an agreement with Syria this year to restart removals, initially of convicted offenders and later other rejected asylum seekers.
• The BAMF has been instructed to partially resume suspended Syrian asylum procedures as an operational step toward future deportations.
• Germany carried out two charter removals to Afghanistan with Qatari facilitation since 2024, and the government now seeks regularized returns without intermediaries.
• The initiative has drawn sharp criticism from the Left party and caution from the SPD, while the government stresses the contacts are technical and do not imply recognition of the Taliban.