Overview
- About 1,900–2,000 Afghans with formal German admission promises remain in Pakistan awaiting entry, according to the Interior Ministry.
- A two-page appeal from roughly 600 applicants was sent Saturday night to Chancellor Friedrich Merz and several ministries via Bundestag liaison offices.
- The signatories write that returning to Taliban-controlled Afghanistan would be life-threatening for many of them.
- The letter condemns an Interior Ministry proposal offering several thousand euros to withdraw from the programmes, calling it “incomprehensible and hurtful.”
- Opposition figures, including Greens politician Marcel Emmerich, accuse the government of ignoring commitments, while Berlin continues talks with Pakistan, which is pushing for faster departures.