BERLIN, 12 August 2021, (TON): Interior Ministry spokesman Steve Alter, said that German Interior Minister Horst Seehofer has ordered the temporary suspension of the forced expulsion of Afghan refugees due to the situation in Afghanistan.

The Netherlands made a similar decision earlier Wednesday .

Alter wrote on Twitter “the Federal Minister of the Interior, taking into account the evolving security situation, has decided to temporarily suspend the deportation (of refugees) to Afghanistan.”

This decision became known shortly after Alter announced at a briefing on Wednesday that the expulsion of Afghan refugees denied asylum by the German authorities is still possible, but decisions will be made on an individual basis, including taking into account the situation in Afghanistan.

The issue of forced ex-pulsion of Afghan refugees who are not entitled to asylum is actively discussed in the European Union and Germany against the background of the onset of the radical Taliban movement in Afghanistan after the start of the withdrawal of the international coalition troops. Six countries of the European Union called on the European Commission not to stop the deportation of Afghan citizens who did not receive the right to stay in the EU, even despite the onset of the Taliban movement.

Sami Mahdi, Belgium’s Secretary of State for Migration and Asylum, said that in addition to him, representatives of Germany, Austria , the Netherlands, Denmark and Greece signed an appeal to the European Commission . He stressed that the fact that some regions in Afghanistan are unsafe “does not mean that every citizen of the state has the right to protection.”