Germany considers returning half its Afghan refugees
September 11, 2016 | BPR Wire | Print Article
DC-NEWS 300X71By Rachel Stoltzfoos, DCNF
The German government is considering deporting half its Afghan refugees as part of a deal with Kabul.
Nearly 80,000 Afghans have applied for asylum from Germany, which has welcomed more than a million refugees in the past year alone. Now, the government is thinking about returning about 40,000 of them back to Afghanistan, reports the Mirror.
The deportations would not include women and children — the vast majority of refugees are men — but would include those whose asylum applications have already been rejected three times. Some of the “deportations” would include refugees who agree to return willingly, and the government plans to use chartered flights to return the refugees.
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