The German refugee advocacy group Pro Asyl has condemned German Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s initiative to allow deportations of serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria. “International law clearly prohibits any deportations to Afghanistan and Syria,” Pro Asyl’s managing director Karl Kopp told the Augsburger Allgemeine newspaper in remarks published on Friday. Kopp described Scholz’s proposed plans as unlawful, because “both countries are known for their use of torture and inhuman punishments.” On Thursday, Scholz proposed to allow the deportation of serious criminals to Afghanistan and Syria a…