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December 5, 2017

German Pilots Ground Flights to Protect Afghan Asylum Seekers
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And a new report finds German airline pilots are increasingly grounding
flights in solidarity with Afghan refugees whose applications for asylum
have been refused. Germany's government said Monday that pilots have
refused to fly at least 222 flights carrying Afghans out of Germany-in
some cases delaying their deportations long enough for them to
successfully appeal their asylum claims.


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