US EditionGermany Resumes Admission for Stranded Afghans Amid Legal Pressure
Germany will admit 2,000 vulnerable Afghans stranded in Pakistan after legal challenges and Pakistan's deportation deadline, resuming individual case reviews and security checks.
- On Tuesday, Germany's foreign ministry said it will lift a months-long ban and resume transfers of vulnerable Afghan nationals.
- After Berlin froze the programme earlier this year amid migration-curb policies under Chancellor Friedrich Merz, lawsuits from groups and dozens of affected Afghans plus Pakistan's push to expel refugees before the September 1 deadline increased urgency.
- Only Afghans with binding admission approvals will be admitted after security checks and Pakistani exit permits, the German interior ministry said, as verification restarts with German authorities on the ground in Pakistan.
- Matthias Lehnert said he told affected families they were overjoyed by the decision, while German interventions helped release some detainees and more than 200 deported Afghans.
- The decision affects around 2,000 vulnerable Afghans stuck in Pakistan, ending a months-long pause tied to Germany's pledge after the Taliban's return and spurred by legal challengers.
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Germany says to begin admitting Afghans stranded in Pakistan
Germany is to begin the process of admitting some of the Afghans threatened with deportation from Pakistan whom Berlin had previously offered sanctuary, a government source said Tuesday. More than 2,000 Afghans were left stranded in Pakistan after the government of conservative Chancellor Friedrich Merz took office in May and froze a scheme meant to offer Afghans safe haven from the Taliban. Pressure had mounted on the German government to rever…
For months, the new federal government prevented the evacuation of "specially endangered" Afghan citizens to Germany. After several court decisions, the government now reacts to the worst of Berlin.
After the Bundestag election, the Union and SPD had agreed in the coalition agreement to discontinue voluntary reception programmes "as far as possible". However, several court decisions put pressure on the government.
Germany to resume entry of 2,000 Afghans stranded in Pakistan
Germany will lift its months-long ban on the entry of vulnerable Afghan nationals it had pledged to admit, a foreign ministry official said on Tuesday, following mounting legal pressure at home and a deportation push by Pakistan. Around 2,000 Afghans approved for relocation under a programme for those deemed at risk under Taliban rule have been stranded in neighbouring Pakistan for months, after Berlin froze admissions amid a pledge to curb migr…
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