Germany postpones deportation of Afghan asylum seekers after Kabul attack - News Summed Up

Germany postpones deportation of Afghan asylum seekers after Kabul attack


A man injured in the Kabul attack on Wednesday. Photo: AP/dpaGermany said on Wednesday it had postponed a scheduled deportation flight of rejected Afghan asylum seekers after a Kabul truck bomb attack killed 80 and wounded hundreds. The bombing in Kabul's diplomatic quarter killed an Afghan guard at the German embassy and wounded two embassy staff, one of them German, the other one Afghan. SEE ALSO: German embassy 'massively demaged' by Kabul bomb attack"In the next few days, there will be no return trips to Afghanistan," said an interior ministry spokesman, insisting however that deportations would continue after that. Between December and March, Germany sent back a total of 92 Afghan nationals on several charter flights to Kabul, accompanied by over 300 police, according to government figures provided to parliament.


Source: The Local May 31, 2017 12:15 UTC



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