German politician calls for investigation into rejected Iranian Christian case

A German MP has called on the government to investigate the real situation in Iran regarding Christians. Christian asylum seekers have said that German institutions are not accepting their asylum applications.

Volker Kauder, a member of the German parliament and former head of the Christian Democratic Party faction in the Bundestag, called on the German government to investigate the case of Iranian Christians whose asylum applications in Germany were rejected in an interview with the German newspaper "Welt" on Tuesday, September 20.

The German politician demanded that the real situation in Iran be taken into account when investigating and examining the Christian case.

Kauder had previously called for a halt to the deportation of Iranian Christians from Germany, warning that they risked execution in Iran.

On Monday, September 20, the results of an investigation by the Christian aid organization Open Doors were published, stating that the German Office for Asylum and Migration has repeatedly expressed doubts about the seriousness of the Christian faith and has called for its deportation, while the situation in these Christian countries is very dangerous.

According to the institute, more than five thousand Christians shared their experiences in the research, saying that the German Office for Asylum and Migration often does not recognize the confirmations and letters from priests about the seriousness of their situation.

Christians interviewed by the office's staff have been unable to prove their conversion to Christianity. More than 2,000 of these people said their applications were rejected by the office.

The German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees has denied the allegations and said that it rejects the general criticisms expressed in the report and research about the decision-making process, and that the conversion of asylum seekers is taken into account in the asylum process.

Christian Aid has complained that there are no uniform standards for testing Muslim asylum seekers who have converted to Christianity. German government agencies have repeatedly expressed doubts about the information provided by asylum seekers and Christian communities in Germany.

In a study by the Christian organization Open Doors, the situation of 5,207 Christians was assessed, including 3,081 Christians from Iran, 855 from Syria, 754 from Afghanistan, 206 from Iraq, as well as other Christians from Pakistan, Eritrea, and Nigeria.