Schwerin (dpa/mv) - The provisional deportation stop for Iranians also affects refugees in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. According to the Schwerin Ministry of the Interior, 231 Iranians in MV were required to leave the country as of October 31. Of these, 205 were in possession of a toleration, the ministry announced on Friday. Another 359 Iranian nationals were in the asylum process as of the reporting date.
At their autumn conference in Munich on Friday, the interior ministers of the federal states agreed to initially refrain from deporting rejected asylum seekers to the country due to the tense political situation in Iran. Only in the case of threats and serious offenders should this continue to be possible after a case-by-case assessment, it said. In Iran, people across the country have been protesting against the country's political leadership for months.
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania's Interior Minister Christian level (SPD) regretted that the ministers did not agree on a formal ban on deportations to Iran. According to the minister, this would have meant a certain degree of reliability for those affected. Arguments of insufficient reasons and knowledge of the situation in the country did not convince him. "The pictures from Iran speak a clear language - to stop deportations, just turn on the television." The human rights situation there is catastrophic.
