Germany sent back 31 rejected asylum seekers to Afghanistan. They arrived in Kabul early on Thursday morning -- just two days after the most recent attack in the Afghan capital, which claimed six lives.
The deportation of 36 Afghan asylum seekers from Germany has been met with criticism amid the deteriorating security situation in their home country. The Afghans arrived in Kabul Thursday morning.
Migrant aid organizations, former victims and politicians have reacted with shock and outrage to the grim discovery of 39 dead bodies inside a truck near London on Wednesday. Italy’s Sant'Egidio called the incident "unacceptable," Germany’s Pro Asyl condemned European policies for being partly responsible for the alleged human trafficking incident.
A year after it reached an agreement with Greece on returning migrants, Germany must take back a refugee who was stopped on the border and deported to Greece. A Munich court found that proper procedure under German law had not been followed. While it is allowed to send people back to other EU states, the procedure is complicated when a person is sent back directly from the border, as this case shows.
Being a refugee with a regular income can be expensive: German municipalities make refugees with personal earnings pay part of the rental fees if they live in shared accommodations. Hundreds of euros for a bed in a shared room are the norm. Researchers and refugee advocates criticize a lack of transparency and asylum seekers' little influence on their accommodation due to the difficulty of finding a regular apartment.