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Germany: Battle over Kurdish expulsions

01 July 1994

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A political row has broken out over the issue of Kurdish asylum- seekers in Germany. A number of Social Democrat regional governments suspended deportations of Kurds in May, after the Federal Administrative Court ruled that Kurds could be returned to parts of Turkey which were not war zones. CDU Federal interior minister M Kanther described the moratorium as "politically and absolutely unbearable", while the Liberals' speaker on internal affairs Mr Hirsch and the CDU/CSU parliamentary group vice- president Mr Geissler agree with the ban on deportations, saying that no part of Turkey is safe for Kurds. The row reflects deep concern over the government's cooperation with Turkish president Tansu Ciller over action against the PKK, which led to a series of raids in 19 German cities and a ban on the PKK and 35 related bodies in Germany. Foreign minister Klaus Kinkel has been accused of putting economic and political cooperation with Turkey above human rights.

IRR European Race Audit March, July 1994; Migration Newssheet June, July 1994.

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