A 22-year-old Uyghur had been deported in April because of a authorities breakdown, illegally to China. Now it is clear: The man is sitting there now in custody.

By A. Meyer-five fingers, and D. Pokraka, BR

because of a authorities breakdown, illegally to China, deported Uyghur sits, apparently in detention. The Foreign office has confirmed the appropriate information now.

According to information of the Federal foreign office is the Uighur, after his deportation in April in China have been arrested. The human rights representative of the Federal government, Bärbel Kofler, said the authorities there had charged him because of the accusation of separatism. In October, the court had begun proceedings against the man.

The Federal government wants to strive to Koflers words more to get the illegal from Munich, deported back to Germany. “Great hope that this will work, but I didn’t,” said Kofler for the Bavarian radio.

members of the Uighur minority demonstrate in front of the Chancellery.

Severe punishment

threaten, According to the society for threatened peoples, a multi-year prison sentence, maybe even the death penalty at the time of the deportation of 22-year-old man now. “The charges of separatism represents a risk to the security of the state, and in China, this is the highest offence that can be sentenced,” said Ulrich Delius, President of the society for threatened peoples.

The Uighur had been deported in April of this year, unlawfully – because of a authorities breakdown. The man would have at the 3. April is actually a Hearing at the Federal office for Migration and refugees had to ask him to the asylum application. In addition, the BAMF has informed the competent foreigners authorities in Munich, and also via Fax. The message was apparently never. That’s why it didn’t come to the hearing, instead, the authority pushed him in the early hours of the morning of the 3. April to China.

Greens: government needs to act

The Green party member of Parliament, Margarete Bause expected from the Federal government that they will do everything to get the man back to Germany: “The next must be a member of the Federal government requires a visit to the prison and tried so that this scandal can be well done.”

the position of The Muslim minority of Uighurs in the Chinese province of Xinjiang burdened the German-Chinese relationship apparently. For example, Federal foreign Minister Heiko Maas, in the framework of his visit to China in November, Beijing’s calls for more transparency in the conflict to the human rights of the Uighurs.

The Chinese police with great force against the Uyghur minority.

According to Amnesty International, are located in the province of Xinjiang, up to a Million people in internment camps. “With re-education camps, we can’t resign ourselves,” criticized the SPD politician at the time. Also in the framework of the state visit of Federal President of Germany Frank-Walter Steinmeier a few days ago, the situation of the Uighurs issue.

the New asylum guidelines for Uyghur

The Swiss Federal office for Migration has changed its practice in dealing with Uighurs from China who have made an asylum application in Germany, in the meantime. The authority has revised its “country-of-origin principles” for China and initially rejected applications from Uyghurs checked again.

in the Meantime, the BAMF has issued in these cases, the prohibitions on Deportation under Section 60 of the residence act. This provision prohibits deportation if in the home country of the applicant a substantial and definite danger for body, life or freedom.

Deported Uighur sitting in China
Arne Meyer, five-finger, ARD Berlin
13.12.2018 08:16 PM

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