INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Germany has signed a deal with Uzbekistan to enable the migration of skilled workers from the Central Asian nation to support the German
economy and the return of some immigrants, Chancellor Olaf Scholz said.&We are enabling the necessary immigration of workers with great
talent that we need in Germany so that our economy can grow,& Scholz said on Sunday after a meeting with Uzbekistan President Shavkat
Mirziyoyev in the Uzbek city of Samarkand, Reuters reported.The two countries also agreed on &simple, unbureaucratic procedures for those
who have to go back,& Scholz said, without elaborating.He did not respond to media speculation that the agreement with Uzbekistan would also
serve to deport Afghans who had committed crimes.&Otherwise, of course, there are confidential talks about cooperation in many areas,& he
added.Germany said on Aug
30 it had resumed deportations of convicted criminals of Afghan nationality to their home country, days before regional elections in which
migration was a campaign issue.Berlin had stopped returning people to Afghanistan because of human rights concerns after the Islamic Emirate
took power in 2021.German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser, who accompanied Scholz and who signed the agreement in Samarkand, said she was
planning further flights to Afghanistan in order to deport serious offenders of Afghan nationality, Reuters reported.&But we will see with
which countries we do this in cooperation,& Faeser said.The German government has no direct relations with the Taliban government in
Afghanistan and the first deportation flight in August was mediated by Qatar.The post Germany signs agreement on migration with Uzbekistan
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