Overview
- The Interior Ministry confirmed fresh removals at the start of 2026, returning two convicted Afghan offenders via commercial flights.
- One deportee, identified as Malek Z., was flown from Frankfurt via Istanbul to Kabul and handed to Taliban officials with consular documents.
- Officials said the latest Kabul return marked the third offender removed in quick succession under the new individual-deportation procedure.
- The government intends to conduct regular returns to both Afghanistan and Syria using scheduled services, following December’s first Syria deportation since the civil war began.
- Authorities reported 21,311 deportations through November 2025, including 83 convicted offenders returned to Afghanistan, while the CSU presses for an expanded deportation drive with exit centers, a Munich airport terminal, and reduced benefits for those obliged to leave.