"The deportation just before Christmas capped months of talks with Syria's government, which mirrored similar efforts by Berlin to strike a deportation deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Human rights groups have criticised efforts to send immigrants back to either country, citing continued instability and evidence of rights abuses. But Germany's conservative-led government has made the resumption of deportations to Syria a diplomatic priority since former president Bashar al-Assad fled the country just over a year ago."
"Roughly a million Syrians fled to Germany to escape the civil war, many of them arriving in 2015. The Syrian man deported on Tuesday had served a prison sentence in the western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia for aggravated robbery, bodily harm and extortion. The ministry said an Afghan man was also deported to his home country on Tuesday. That man had also served time in prison for intentional bodily harm and other crimes."
Germany deported a Syrian immigrant convicted of aggravated robbery, bodily harm and extortion to Damascus and handed him to Syrian authorities, marking the first deportation to Syria since 2011. The deportation followed months of talks with Syria's government and mirrored efforts to strike a deportation deal with the Taliban in Afghanistan. Human rights groups criticised returns to Syria and Afghanistan, citing instability and rights abuses. Germany's conservative-led government prioritized resuming deportations to Syria after former president Bashar al-Assad fled the country just over a year ago. Deals with Damascus and Kabul aim to allow regular deportations of criminals and dangerous individuals in the future. An Afghan man with a prison record was also deported.
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