Why is the German government deporting Azerbaijani immigrants?

Baku/20.05.22/Turan: The German government continues the deportation of Azerbaijani political immigrants to Azerbaijan. On the night of May 19, the German police, having broken down the door, broke into the house of the Azerbaijani political immigrant Ziya Ibrahimli, who had taken refuge in Germany, and conducted a search. Later, Zia Ibrahimli was deported from Germany.

A few months earlier, there was an attempt  to deport Zia Ibrahimli from Germany, however, Azerbaijani political activists living there, having applied to international organizations, managed to prevent this. This time, the police unexpectedly invaded, searched the house of Ziya Ibrahimli, took away his phone and immediately expelled him from the country.

Activists living in Germany claim that the German government is deporting immigrants on the order and according to a list sent by the Azerbaijani government. To date, 5 political emigrants deported from Germany to Baku have been arrested in Azerbaijan on various charges.

How true are these statements? Why are Azerbaijani immigrants being deported?

Journalist Afgan Muhtarly, who lives in Germany, answers these and other questions in the “A Difficult Question” program. According to him, for various reasons, tens of thousands of people emigrated from Azerbaijan to Europe, including Germany.

“The main reason for this wave of emigration is the useless policy of the Azerbaijani government, massive unemployment and poverty, the bad level of medical services and education. People emigrated for these reasons,” Muhtarli said.

According to his calculations, approximately 90% of immigrants went to Europe in search of a better life.

“Millions of people emigrated to Russia and Turkey, and after the routes to Europe were opened, they began to go there as well. However, unlike Turkey and Russia, it is extremely difficult to become a labor migrant in Europe. You must have some kind of status. And therefore, people ask for a residence permit,” the journalist believes.

According to Muhtarly, 90% of applicants do not meet the requirements of German and EU migration laws. “That is why they are being deported. Over the past 6-7 months, over a thousand Azerbaijani citizens have been deported. Here we cannot have any claims against the German government,” he said.

As for the political emigrants, according to him, a small number of them were deported, because there are very few political emigrants in Germany.

Muhtarli stressed that the deportation of persons involved in political activities both in Azerbaijan and in Germany is illegal.

“The German government violates its international obligations, international conventions. It should be responsible for this along with the government of Azerbaijan. We believe that they have an agreement on this matter and the deportation is carried out according to a specific list,” the journalist concluded.—0—