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Shortly before the start of the interior ministers conference, its president, Georg Maier, attacked the federal interior minister, Horst Seehofer. The reason is Seehofer’s move to the debate on deporting criminals to Syria.
“You start a discussion but you have no solution. I think that’s inappropriate, “Maier, who is also the interior minister in Thuringia, told Deutschlandfunk. The SPD politician called Seehofer’s behavior” populist. “There are no diplomatic relations or direct flights to Syria. parachute people over Syria, Maier said.
The federal Minister of the Interior had announced that in the conference that began Wednesday night, instead of a blanket ban on deportation, in the future, at least for criminals and people at risk, he would recheck in each individual case if deportation to Syria is possible. This met with resistance from the SPD interior ministers.
However, Seehofer received support within his own ranks. Bavarian Interior Minister Joachim Herrmann (CSU) said: »No decision will be taken to extend the ban on deportation to Syria. The Union’s Interior Ministers agree on this. “
“Currently it is not possible in safe, dignified and permanent conditions”
However, there are also critical voices in the conservative field. Gregor Jaecke, head of the Iraq / Syria office of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, recently warned against deportations to Syria. The federal government must “decisively oppose” such proposals, Jaecke told a CDU-affiliated foundation briefing on the effects of the Arab Spring.
In Syria, Bashar al-Assad is still fighting various warlords for influence, and the “Islamic State” is still active in terrorist cells. In addition, the infrastructure is inactive and a large part of the population has been displaced. “Currently it is not possible to return in a safe, dignified and permanent condition,” said Jaecke.
Thuringian Interior Minister Maier believes that a compromise is likely due to the different positions: an extension of the suspension of deportation by six months, as already decided in previous meetings. The deciding factor was the assessment of the Federal Foreign Office, which does not classify any region of Syria as safe enough.
Andreas Geisel, Maier’s counterpart in Berlin, also continues to view the deportations to Syria as “unacceptable.” Tracking down dangerous and serious criminals is in the interest of internal security, the SPD Interior Senator told SPIEGEL. But »even if it is sometimes difficult to accept or pass on for security reasons: people, even those who are known to be dangerous or serious criminals, cannot be sent back to a country where they are threatened with persecution or death . “
Due to the crown pandemic, the interior ministers conference will not take place in Weimar as planned, but some participants will meet in Berlin, others will be connected by video conference. A confidential preliminary meeting is scheduled for Wednesday night.
