After the failure of a planned deportation of three Afghans who were obliged to leave the country, Saxony's Interior Minister Armin Schuster (CDU) has called for stricter rules for so-called asylum follow-up applications. As Schuster announced in an interview with Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR), the three men were due to be deported from Leipzig/Halle airport to Kabul last Friday along with 81 other Afghans, but had gone into hiding shortly beforehand.
"We can't blame ourselves for any mistakes"
A court had previously ordered their release from custody in Saxony. This was due to applications for asylum that her lawyers had submitted a few days before the flight. "We can't accuse ourselves of any mistakes because we are abiding by the legal rules," said Schuster. However, it must be a consequence "to put a stop to the recognizable abuse of asylum follow-up applications". It is unacceptable for imminent deportation to be repeatedly blocked with insubstantial applications, even though all legal channels have been exhausted.
