PRO ASYL Presseerklärung | Press Release
May 31, 1999
Pressing appeal to the Federal Ministry of the Interior:
The readmission agreement between Germany and Algeria has to be cancelled!
- Dringender Appell an das Bundesinnenministerium: Das Rückübernahmeabkommen zwischen Deutschland und Algerien muß annulliert werden!
Algerische Polizisten übernehmen „schmutzige“ Arbeit auf deutschen Flughäfen. - Pressing appeal to the Federal Ministry of the Interior: The readmission agreement between Germany and Algeria has to be cancelled!
Algerian police officers take over „dirty“ job at German airports.
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Algerian security forces shall carry out the deportations of refused Algerian asylum seekers from Germany as of June 1st, 1999.
The German government is preparing mass deportations to Algeria.
For years deportations to Algeria are carried out, although it is known, that the human rights situation is disastrous there.
In view of the German asylum jurisdiction on Algerian asylum seekers (no more than 1.7% of the asylum applications being accepted) it has to be feared, that in future numerous members of the opposition and deserters are deported to Algeria, running the risk of „disappearing“ , arbitrarily being taken into custody, being tortured or killed.
In 1997 the Algerian and German government signed a readmission agreement, now being practised: More than 7.000 Algerians amongst them families are concerned by the imminent deportations.
The „identification“ of the refugees to be deported has been proved for many years by an effective co-operation between the German authorities and the Algerian Consulate General. Now the deportations shall be carried out in a large scale.
In order to carry out the deportations smoothly, the „dirty“ job is left Algerian police officers who know well, how to deal with „refractory individuals“.
In a first phase up to 30 refugees per flight shall be deported, already negotiating now about charter flights.
We (PRO ASYL and Algeria Watch) protest against these deportations to a state, being outstanding for its massive human rights violations.
We demand the cancellation of the readmission agreement between the German and the Algerian government.
Salima Mellah, algeria watch e.V.
Heiko Kauffmann, PRO ASYL
