Leading German conservative Merz: Deport Syrian and Afghan criminals

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2024-12-30

Berlin (dpa) - Friedrich Merz, the conservative German politician leading polls ahead of February's elections, called for Syrian and Afghan migrants found guilty of crimes to be repatriated, in remarks to dpa on Monday. Merz, the candidate for chancellor for the CDU/CSU alliance, acknowledged that the situation in Syria was unstable. "But we in the CDU/CSU have long been of the opinion that people can and should in principle be deported to Afghan......

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