Germany deported another Tajik asylum seeker

54-year-old Tajik asylum seeker Asadullo Boboev, who had previously expressed concern that he could be subjected to torture or imprisoned in Tajikistan, has been deported from Germany. According to his relatives, he was detained immediately upon arrival in Dushanbe.

His wife Mastona Faizulloeva reported to Radio Ozodi on June 23 that Tajik law enforcement authorities detained her husband at the airport right after his arrival and took him into custody. Their 19-year-old son Muhammad was handed over to his grandmother. She says she is very worried about the fate of her husband and son.

Faizulloeva stated that on June 20, Asadullo Boboev told her in a phone conversation that he would be taken to Munich, from where he would be flown to Tajikistan. According to his wife, during a brief conversation, Boboev mentioned that he had been handcuffed and could no longer speak.

Previously, Asadullo Boboev claimed to be a member of the opposition Movement for Reform and Development of Tajikistan. He asserted that a criminal case had been opened against him in Tajikistan on charges of extremism, and that he faced torture and ill-treatment if he returned home.

The leader of the movement, Sharofiddin Gadoev, also confirmed Boboev’s deportation. He stated that dozens of pages of documents, evidence, and materials were presented to the German court to protect Boboev, indicating that he faced torture and imprisonment if returned to Tajikistan. However, according to Gadoev, the court did not take this evidence into account.

On June 8 of this year, German law enforcement authorities detained Tajik asylum seeker Asadullo Boboev along with his son Muhammad Boboev in the city of Kleve. Boboev himself reported before his detention that the migration service explained the reason for his detention as issues with his residency documents and the expiration of his residence permit in the country, but he believes that the deportation to Tajikistan is unjust.

Official comments from the authorities of Germany or Tajikistan on this matter are currently unavailable.

It should be noted that in recent months, Germany has increasingly deported asylum seekers and migrants. Several citizens of Tajikistan have also been deported from this country. Some of them were detained upon their return to Tajikistan and subsequently sentenced to long prison terms.

In particular, Dilmurad Ergashov and Abdullo Shamsiddin were among those who were sentenced to long terms after being deported from Germany.