Germany is set to make it easier to deport failed asylum seekers to North Africa. <br /><br /> Its lower house of parliament has approved a draft law declaring Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia as safe countries. <br /><br /> But the controversial legislation – slammed by human rights groups and the opposition Greens and hard-left – still needs an upper house green light. <br /><br /> “This is a black Friday for the basic right of asylum in Germany. This draft bill is a further mutilation of the asylum law in Germany,” said Andrej Hunko from the opposition Left Party.<br /><br /> The law would allow authorities to speed up the processing of asylum applicants from the countries declared safe and send them back if rejected. <br /><br /> But the government commissioner for human rights says there are “proven” and “documented” violations in all three – and voted against the bill.<br /><br /> Germany tightened its asylum rules in January, in a bid to stem a massive migrant influx. More than one million people entered the country last year.