US EditionInterior Ministry Rushing to Get Hundreds of Afghans to Germany by Year's End
German Interior Ministry aims to complete processing and fly 535 approved Afghan refugees from Pakistan by year-end amidst deportation threat, with some cases possibly extending into next year.
- On Thursday, Dobrindt said the government aims to fly 565 Afghan refugees to Germany as soon as possible, hoping to conclude this in December, with some cases spilling into the new year.
- Islamabad set an end-of-year retrieval deadline after Pakistan warned Afghans stuck in Pakistan would be deported unless their cases were settled, while the refugee scheme froze after Chancellor Friedrich Merz took office.
- A government-chartered flight on Tuesday brought 160 people to Germany, while more than 250 organizations said around 1,800 Afghans remain in limbo and only 62 accepted financial aid by mid-November.
- Last week the German Interior Ministry said it had informed 650 people they would not be admitted while BERLIN reported Berlin would take in 535 Afghans.
- Berlin had promised refuge to Afghans who assisted German troops and those at risk, but the coalition government of Friedrich Merz is backpedaling and aims to complete processing in December.
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38 Arrivals a Day: Germany Continues Bringing Afghans to the Country
Germany is set to welcome around 38 Afghan migrants per day until the end of the year, following the federal government’s announcement to transfer another 535 migrants from Pakistan. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt (CSU) confirmed that 460 of these individuals are part of the federal reception program, while 75 belong to a local personnel program. All are currently in Pakistan. Dobrindt told the Editorial Network Germany that these are indi…
Germany to take in more than 500 stranded Afghans from Pakistan
The German government said on Thursday that it would take in 535 Afghans who had been promised refuge in Germany but have been stuck in limbo in Pakistan. Interior Minister Alexander Dobrindt told the RND media network that Berlin wanted to complete the processing of the cases “in December, as far as possible” to allow them to enter Germany. The Afghans were accepted under a refugee scheme set up by the previous German government, but have been …
Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt wants to send more Afghans waiting for entry into Pakistan to Germany. Overall, ... The post Dobrindt wants to bring another 535 Afghans to Germany by the end of the year appeared first on Apollo News.
Federal Minister of the Interior Alexander Dobrindt wants to bring 535 Afghans from Pakistan to Germany by the end of the year. Human rights activists warn, however, that around 1800 other protection seekers are in acute danger, as Pakistan is threatened with deportation to Afghanistan.
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