Afghan asylum seeker was suffering from mental health problems

D He denied that Afghan asylum seekers, who died after being deported from Germany to the Afghan capital Kabul, had been suffering from mental disorders for months, according to a news report. According to a preliminary report in the news magazine "Spiegel", former residents of the Afghans said that the young man had been depressed and confused. As a result, he was on treatment for mental health problems in the spring of 2018.

In such circumstances, the authorities would generally refrain from repatriating, reported the "Spiegel". The Hamburg immigration authorities, however, claimed that the Afghan had been screened for seaworthiness before deportation. There was no sign of suicide.

The Afghan had come into conflict with the law because of various offenses in Germany. According to information from the "mirror", he was sentenced in 2014 for robbery and theft to social services. New Year 2017, he allegedly stole a man in an inn. Even before the trial, the man was deported last week. Later, he was found dead in a temporary shelter in Kabul

. Federal Minister of the Interior Horst Seehofer (CSU) made a casual remark that, on his 69th birthday, 69 people went to Afghanistan had been returned. "On my 69th birthday, of all things, 69 – that was something I did not order – were sent back to Afghanistan. That's a lot more than what was usual up here, "said Seehofer at the presentation of his" Master Plan Migration "on Tuesday.

Seehofer's statement provoked bipartisan misunderstanding and indignation. The candidate of the Green Party of Bavaria, Katharina Schulze, accused Mr Seehofer of "cynicism". The former Federal Minister for the Family, Renate Schmidt (SPD), wrote in an open letter that Seehofer "all suspicion of humanity fell to the water". Leftist politicians, the Greens and Juso President Kevin Kühnert called on Seehofer to resign.

The "Spiegel" also reports that, contrary to its commitment, the German government does not take enough care of expelled asylum seekers after their return to Afghanistan. On the contrary, people housed in a temporary shelter of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) would most of the time be left to their own devices.