Germany stops deporting Uygurs after asylum seeker is mistakenly sent to China, then vanishes
Germany says it made a mistake in April when Bavaria sent back a Uygur man who has not been heard from since
Germany will stop deporting members of China’s mostly Muslim Uygur minority over human rights concerns, its government said, after admitting that a Uygur man was sent back by mistake in April.
In a case that made waves earlier this month, German authorities acknowledged that the 22-year-old asylum seeker, who was not named, was deported to China by the German state of Bavaria because of an administrative error.
The man’s lawyer, Leo Borgmann, has said he has had “no sign of life” from his client since the expulsion and fears he has been “detained” by Chinese authorities.
After an outcry by human rights groups and opposition politicians, Germany’s interior ministry said in a written response to a query by Bundestag member Margarete Bause that the practice had been halted.
