Germany’s Scholz backs Afghan, Syria deportations after policeman killed

German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said Thursday that serious criminals should be deported, even if they come from Syria or Afghanistan, after an Afghan asylum seeker stabbed a police officer to death.

He also said that glorifying or celebrating acts of terror was “against all our values”, and could in future be punished with deportation.

“Let me be clear: it outrages me when someone who has sought refuge here in our country commits the most serious criminal offenses,” he said in an address to parliament.

“Such offenders should be deported -- even if they come from Syria or Afghanistan.”