Last year, not a single deportation to Syria took place. And this despite the fact that the deportation ban, which had been in place since 2012, expired at the beginning of the year. Initially, the then Federal Minister of the Interior, Horst Seehofer ( Christian Social Union, CSU), had announced that the non-extension of the deportation ban to Syria would make it possible to send potential terrorists, dangerous persons and serious criminals back there.
But apparently no use was made of this, as an answer of the federal government to a question by AfD member of parliament Stephan Brandner, which is in the possession of the newspaper JF, shows.
According to the answer, there were between 60 and 70 Syrians in Germany throughout the year who were officially classified as dangerous. In January 2021, for example, there were 65 Syrian dangerous persons, in June 67 and in December 69. The fact that their numbers remained relatively constant is also due to the fact that, according to the federal government, “deportations to Syria from the area of responsibility of the federal states” did not take place in 2021.
It had already become clear in the middle of last year that the end of the block on deportations had no effect and that the controversy was therefore unfounded. Already at that time, a question by Brandner had revealed that there had been no repatriations to Syria so far.
The AfD MP therefore now has all the less understanding for the fact that nothing has changed. “Throughout 2021, there were 60 to more than 70 Syrian dangerous persons in Germany every month, and 69 at the end of the year, all of whom must be considered ticking time bombs,” Brandner told the JF.
“The fact that not a single dangerous person has been deported to Syria and that we therefore have to live with the enormous and constant danger of attacks in Germany is unacceptable.” All foreign dangerous persons must be deported immediately, even if they are from Syria.