German Interior Minister Denies Blame For Afghan Deportee`s Suicide After Birthday Quip
(World News Austria)

Germany´s interior minister deflected blame on Wednesday for the suicide of an Afghan man among a group deported to Kabul, after opponents called for the immigration hardliner to resign for boasting that the deportations took place on his birthday, Reuters reports. The 23-year-old Afghan man was found dead in Kabul shortly after he was flown back. Afghanistan said he had lived in Germany for eight years, having arrived as a teenager. He was one of 69 people flown by Germany to Afghanistan last week on interior minister Horst Seehofer´s 69th birthday, an event which Seehofer had promoted at a news conference as evidence that he was increasing the pace of expulsions. Seehofer, whose tough...