Overview

• The Berlin Administrative Court ruled on July 8 that the Foreign Office must immediately issue visas to an Afghan woman and her 13 relatives under binding admission promises.
• Judges emphasized that irrevocable, legally binding federal admission notices cannot be revoked, though the government may appeal to the Higher Administrative Court.
• About 2,400 other particularly vulnerable Afghans in Pakistan remain stranded, awaiting visa implementation under the halted federal program.
• This order represents the third recent migration policy defeat for the Merz administration before German administrative courts.
• The NGO Kabul Luftbrücke has lodged roughly 40 urgent applications to compel continuation of the federal intake program for at-risk Afghan nationals.