Austria says it will work with Germany on joint deportations of criminals to Afghanistan
Austria's Federal Office for Immigration and Asylum has said that deportations to Afghanistan are permissible on a case-by-case basis due to the changed security situation in the country.
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00:00Austria says it will start working with Germany on joint deportations of Afghan nationals
00:07back to Afghanistan.
00:09That comes after Germany deported 28 convicted criminals to Afghanistan on Friday, the first
00:15such deportations to the country since the Taliban returned to power in 2021.
00:20Chancellor Karneihammer says Austria supports the German way and that he was glad to have
00:25allies on the issue.
00:27Austria has deported Afghan nationals before, but always to third countries.
00:32Interior Minister Gerhard Kahne called Germany's decision very good.
00:36In March, he called for talks to reassess the EU-wide ban on deportations to Afghanistan
00:42and Syria, calling them necessary and urgent.
00:46Austria's Federal Office for Immigration has already said that deportations to Afghanistan
00:50are permissible on a case-by-case basis due to the changed security situation in the country.
00:56But while the idea of joint deportations with Germany has found favor among many across
01:01Austria's political spectrum, some have cautioned that cases need to be carefully scrutinized.