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Germany has deported 31 Afghans to Afghanistan, including some who are not criminals. This is the first time since the Taliban took over that Germany has deported someone without a criminal record. The flight took off from Leipzig/Halle airport early Tuesday morning and is expected to fly to Kabul via Trabzon, Turkey.
The deportation is based on a deal with the Taliban regime from early 2026, which allows for mass deportations to Kabul by charter flights, up to three times a month. The previous restriction of deporting only criminals and dangerous individuals has been lifted.
The deportation has sparked criticism from human rights groups. Pro Asyl had already spoken of “unrestricted deportations” before this latest flight.
Meanwhile, at the United Nations, U.S. diplomats walked out as their French counterparts were speaking at the United Nations on Monday after America’s close European ally criticized the Trump administration’s human rights record. The surprise move during a U.N. Security Council meeting on Ukraine followed U.S. opposition to giving U.N. human rights chief Volker Türk another four-year term.
The General Assembly voted 144-10 with 13 abstentions in support of Türk, with the U.S. among the “no” votes. France's U.N. Mission in Geneva tweeted: “The U.S. used to be a beacon of human rights. Not anymore. Today, it stands alongside North Korea, Nicaragua, Mali & Russia, isolated. And the world no longer listens to it.”
Mike Waltz, the U.S. ambassador to the U.N., accused France of coddling “some of the worst human rights abusers.”
The U.S. walkout reflects not only the more strained relations between President Donald Trump and his French counterpart, Emmanuel Macron, but also wider tensions between the U.S. and Europe. These include questions over Trump’s commitment to NATO, possible changes to U.S. troop deployments in Europe, and Trump’s desire to control Greenland, which belongs to NATO member Denmark.
In another diplomatic development, the European Union condemned the aggression against two diplomats of the French embassy in Tehran by Iranian security forces on July 19. The EU called it a "flagrant violation" of the Vienna Conventions and demanded that Iran bring the perpetrators to justice. French Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot called it an "extremely serious act of intimidation" and a "flagrant violation of diplomatic immunity."
The UN Refugee Convention is celebrating its 75th anniversary this week. The convention was drafted in 1951 in response to the horrors of World War II and defined a refugee as a person who needed international protection because of feared persecution or serious threats to their life, physical integrity, or freedom resulting from persecution, armed conflict, violence, or serious public disorder.
The UN refugee agency (UNHCR) insists the convention remains relevant. “Refugee protection remains just as important today as it was 75 years ago,” Elisabeth Tan, the agency’s director of international protection told Swissinfo.
The convention was initially designed to help Europeans displaced by World War II, but has since been adapted to cover refugees from all over the world.
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