Wiesbaden (dpa/lhe) - Hesse's Interior Minister Peter Beuth (CDU) sees the federal government as responsible in the discussion about the suspension of deportations to Iran. "Mrs. Faeser's call to the federal states to decide as soon as possible on stopping deportations to Iran can hardly be surpassed in terms of audacity," said the minister on Friday in Wiesbaden.
The day before, Federal Interior Minister Nancy Faeser (SPD) had called for a nationwide freeze on deportations to Iran. "Deportations to Iran are irresponsible in the current disastrous human rights situation," Faeser told Der Spiegel. "A ban on deportations is the right step, which the federal states should decide on as soon as possible."
Beuth emphasized that the competent Federal Office for Migration and Refugees can issue a nationwide ban on deportation under its own responsibility. "The attempt by the Federal Minister of the Interior to pass this decision on to the federal states, while their federal authority continues to allow deportations to Iran, is anything but serious," said the CDU politician.
Lower Saxony's Interior Minister Boris Pistorius (SPD) announced on Thursday that he would suspend deportations to Iran because of the current protests. He also wants to campaign for a general ban on deportations at the next conference of interior ministers and bring in a corresponding proposal for a resolution.
The trigger for the demonstrations in Iran was the death of 22-year-old Amini in mid-September. The moral police had arrested her because of her alleged "un-Islamic outfit". What happened to Amini after that is unclear. The woman fell into a coma and died in a hospital on September 16. Critics accuse the morality police of using violence; the police deny it. Since the woman's death, thousands have been demonstrating across the country against the government's repressive course and the headscarf requirement.
