Tuttlingen violence sparks CDU call for faster deportation of Syrians and Afghans
The internal political spokesman for the CDU faction in the Bundestag, Alexander Throm (CDU), is criticizing the failed integration of Afghans and Syrians following the severe clashes perpetrated by migrant youth groups in Tuttlingen, Baden-Württemberg, and is calling for more effective deportations to both countries. According to the police in Tuttlingen, "two obviously rival groups" clashed, which included both Afghan and Syrian youth.
Throm told the TV channel "Welt" on Thursday that these were "naturally bad scenes, bad incidents" that could be seen. "Brutal violence between two youth groups. And this must alarm us, just as such events have happened again and again in many other parts of our country," he said. "This is a sign that the integration of these migrant groups-Afghanistan and Syria-clearly has not worked properly."
According to Throm, the coalition is addressing the problem in two ways: First, it is important to remove external pressure and significantly reduce arrival numbers. The number of asylum applications has reached the lowest level since 2011. Now, it is necessary to use these free capacities in municipalities, as well as at the state and federal levels-both for better integration and, on the other hand, for people who commit such acts of violence, who have no place in Germany. For these individuals, the focus must increasingly shift to these people returning to their home country after criminal proceedings.
Throm states that regular deportations are occurring to Afghanistan since Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) became Federal Minister of the Interior. He wants and will push for the same in Syria. Furthermore, offenders have been deported to Syria for the first time again. This still needs to develop and become permanent. And in the coming months, Germany will also be discussing a law that can make the return process even more effective.
Courts have recently ruled diversely regarding deportations to Syria and Afghanistan, taking into account the individual situation of the person. A frequent reason against deportations has been the prohibition of torture and inhuman or degrading treatment under Article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights. Article 33 of the Geneva Refugee Convention (GRC) also prohibits states from returning, deporting, or extraditing people to a country where torture, inhuman treatment, or serious human rights violations are threatened.
