Pregnant Kurdin before deportation to Turkey: human rights alarms!

Pregnant Kurdin before deportation to Turkey: human rights alarms!

On Friday, February 14, 2025, the Austrian government, the pregnant Kurdish wife Bedia Ö., who is looking for asylum in Austria, is planning to deport Vienna Airport to Turkey. The case has the highest explosiveness due to its particular situation: Bedia Ö. Is in the sixth month pregnant. The potential physical and psychological consequences of deportation under possibly violent circumstances could not only endanger their integrity, but even their lives. In addition, it belongs to a well -known Kurdish family, whose members are actively in the Kurdish freedom movement, which they are likely to expose political persecution in the event of a return to Turkey. Human rights organizations report systematic persecution of the Kurdish population by the Turkish state, which is the situation of Bedia Ö. In addition, as the Viennese networking against deportations stipulates and calls for protests against their impending deportation. Further details on your case can be read in the report by

increasing deportations in Turkey

The situation is reinforced by a general increase in deportations from Germany. In 2024, a total of 1,087 people were deported to Turkey, which represents an increase compared to 875 in 2023. At the same time, there is also a worrying trend with 699 returns to Iraq, which more than doubles the number. A total of 20,084 people from Germany were deported last year, which represents an increase of 22 percent compared to 2023. The Federal Minister of the Interior Nancy Faeser also expressed that the federal government is working on increased cooperation with various countries to enable deportation, also to countries with worrying human rights situation. The increase in deportations to Turkey, where many opposition figures are imprisoned, is particularly concerned href = "https://www.welt.de/newsticker/dpa_nt/infoline_nt/politik__inland_/article25421740/deutschland-schiebt-haeufiger-in-die-und-den-irak-ab.html"> Welt.de