U-turn in policy Federal government wants to deport rejected asylum seekers from Afghanistan

SDA

20.3.2025 - 14:03

Thousands of Afghans tried to get to the airport to leave the country in August 2021 after the Taliban took power in Kabul.
Thousands of Afghans tried to get to the airport to leave the country in August 2021 after the Taliban took power in Kabul.
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The federal government wants to deport rejected asylum seekers from Afghanistan under certain circumstances. The State Secretariat for Migration plans to implement the practice from mid-April of the current year, as announced on Thursday.

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