Germany issues deportation order for Afghan and Syrian refugees and halts their admission

The German government issued a request to deport Afghan and Syrian refugees, and some politicians called for a halt to their admission.

Three people were killed and eight others injured after a knifeman attacked people celebrating the 650th anniversary of the city of Solingen in Germany. The suspect turned himself in to police yesterday and was arrested. He is a 26-year-old Syrian man suspected of being a member of the ISIS terrorist group. The Islamic State (IS) terrorist group has also claimed responsibility for the attack.

Regarding this attack and the protests against the presence of Afghans and Syrians in Germany, Alexander Trum, the spokesman for domestic policy of the parliamentary faction of the two opposition parties, the Christian Social and Christian Democrats, called for a tightening of asylum policy and border controls for the entry of these people. In addition to Alexander Trum, Friedrich Mertz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Party, had also called for a halt to the acceptance of Syrian and Afghan refugees in the past.

Alexander Trom, echoing and emphasizing Friedrich Mertz's call, said: "A disproportionately large number of asylum seekers are currently coming to Germany, while other EU member states are responsible for processing their asylum applications. If the EU's Dublin system does not work, border controls and the refusal to accept people who may have previously applied for asylum in an EU country are necessary."

"In addition, there is no longer a war in Afghanistan and there is only limited war in Syria. Therefore, the temporary protection called 'subsidiary protection' for Afghan and Syrian refugees should be eliminated."

Hendrik West, the Prime Minister of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia from the Christian Democratic Party, also called for a new assessment of the situation by the Foreign Ministry regarding the deportation of Syrians to Syria in an interview with German public television channel ZDF last night, Sunday, August 25.

Mr. Mertz, the leader of the Christian Democratic Party of Germany, also said in an interview with German public television channel ARD: "We must put an end to the naive immigration policy."

Many social media users, in response to this attack and the deportation of Afghan and Syrian refugees from Germany, stated: "There are many Christians in refugee-receiving countries who have been waiting for years for the UN to determine their fate and go to other countries so that they can continue their lives comfortably and without the stress of deportation to their own country, and some have been waiting for more than 12 years. Don't they have the right to be accepted by EU member states and close the borders to people who enter these countries illegally so that fewer such incidents and suicide or ISIS-like attacks occur?"