JAKARTA - Austria deported 31-year-old Afghans on Tuesday, October 21 for the first time since 2021.

Citing AFP, the Austrian Ministry of Home Affairs (Kemendagri) explained that Afghans were deported while serving four years in prison for sexual offenses and causing serious injuries.

He was deported from Vienna, Austria, via Istanbul to Kabul, Afghanistan.

The Ministry of Home Affairs added that it is preparing more deportation of criminal convicts.

The Alps is one of 20 EU member states that have urged the European Commission to take action to allow the repatriation of Afghans, either voluntarily or by force, without legal rights of residence.

In July 2025, Austria was also recorded as the first EU country to deport a Syrian citizen.

Since then, Austria has repatriated two other Syrian citizens to their home country, where Bashar Assad, a long-standing authoritarian leader, was ousted in December 2023.


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