Olaf Scholz, German Chancellor, announced on Wednesday that his government will soon decide on the deportation of Afghan refugees to their country.

Scholz said that deportations, especially of criminals, to Afghanistan and other countries will be carried out and that preparations are underway for this process.

According to the German Chancellor, deportation cases have increased by up to 30 percent.

He added that Germany wants to limit irregular and illegal migration and that the country will decide who comes to Germany.

However, Scholz mentioned that to remain prosperous and wealthy, Germany needs a sufficient influx of labour, including from non-European countries.

Scholz also said that Germany intends to speed up the process of reviewing asylum applications.

Following the killing of a German police officer by an Afghan migrant in June in the city of Mannheim, pressure to deport refugees to Afghanistan has increased.

Sulaiman Ataee, an Afghan national, attacked a far-right anti-Islam rally on June 1, during which a police officer was initially injured and later died in the hospital.