Calls for a ban on deportations to Iran

Stop deportations without exceptions

According to Müller, Saxony must not look the other way when people are persecuted, tortured and killed. "Anyone who deports people now is accepting the most serious human rights violations." There must be a ban on deportations without exceptions. Chain deportations via third countries must also be consistently ruled out. The Refugee Council is also calling for asylum practices to be adapted to include Iranians who are critical of the regime. Furthermore, critics of the Iranian leadership living in Germany must be protected.

The Greens in the Saxon state parliament had already called for a halt to deportations on Wednesday. "In view of the repression of civil society and the violence against demonstrators, it is irresponsible to send people back to Iran," emphasized parliamentary group leader Franziska Schubert, referring to the practice in Rhineland-Palatinate, where such a stop is in place. "This model shows what a policy based on solidarity and human rights can look like (...)." Germany must show clear solidarity with the Iranian democracy and women's movement.