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Germany Targets Syria Deportation Deal This Year, Pursues Direct Taliban Talks on Afghanistan Returns

He ordered the migration office to restart parts of frozen Syrian cases to prepare removals.

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Bundesinnenminister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) plant, noch in diesem Jahr auch nach Syrien wieder abzuschieben. "Wir wollen noch in diesem Jahr eine Vereinbarung mit Syrien treffen und dann zunächst Straftäter abschieben und später Personen ohne Aufenthaltsrecht", sagte er.
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Overview

  • Talks with Syrian authorities are set to begin shortly, with initial removals limited to convicted offenders before any expansion to rejected asylum applicants.
  • Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt aims to make removals to Afghanistan regular through direct technical contacts with Taliban officials rather than relying on Qatar.
  • Germany has not deported to Syria since 2012, and two post‑2021 flights to Afghanistan proceeded with Qatari facilitation, including a July flight carrying serious offenders.
  • The federal government says technical contacts do not constitute recognition of the Taliban, a position restated alongside plans for further returns.
  • About 955,000 Syrian nationals live in Germany, and by the end of August 1,867 people had returned to Syria with state support on a voluntary basis.