US EditionGermany Urges Pakistan to Allow Back over 200 Expelled Afghans
Pakistan deported 211 Afghan refugees approved for German resettlement despite humanitarian concerns; 450 more face detention and potential deportation, Germany has paused resettlement plans.
- Monday saw Germany’s Foreign Ministry report that 211 Afghan refugees approved for resettlement were deported from Pakistan to Taliban-ruled Afghanistan.
- Amid tightening migration policy, Germany’s government paused its resettlement programme earlier this year, while Pakistan has deported large numbers of Afghan refugees for over a year.
- Around 450 Afghans with German admission permits have been detained in Pakistan, approximately 2,000 remain stranded, and 245 were allowed to leave camps before deportation.
- In response, Germany is facing legal proceedings after last week’s filing by two German rights groups against two German ministers for abandonment and aid failure.
- Amid a deepening humanitarian crisis, UN officials warned that `80% of supported health services could shut down without fresh funding`, urging donors to act immediately.
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Germany has promised to accept particularly vulnerable Afghans. However, many affected people have been stuck in Pakistan, partly for months. Now, the government in Islamabad is pushing people out.
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Germany urges Pakistan to allow back over 200 expelled Afghans
BERLIN: Berlin said Monday that more than 200 Afghans waiting to be offered sanctuary in Germany had been deported by Pakistan to their Taliban-run home country in recent days. The German government was urging Islamabad to allow them back, said foreign ministry spokesman Josef Hinterseher, as an aid group voiced alarm for their fate and those of others. The deportees are part
Hundreds of Afghans are waiting in Pakistan for their departure to Germany - more than 200 of them have now been deported to their country of origin. The Federal Government wants to enable a return.
It is about people who worked for Germany, for example, before the Taliban took power. However, the black and red federal government is slowing down the reception of people as refugees.
More than 2,000 Afghans are waiting in Pakistan for their departure to Germany. Around 450 of them have now been arrested and deported by Pakistani authorities.
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