Overview
- A group of 28 Afghans with prior assurances is flying from Islamabad via Istanbul and is due to land in Hannover, with the Interior Ministry confirming the arrival timing.
- The travelers had Bundesaufnahmeprogramm commitments and won visas through lawsuits, following an earlier court-driven arrival of 47 people in early September.
- Security interview teams from the domestic intelligence service, the federal criminal police and the federal police have returned to Pakistan and plan high double‑digit interviews each week.
- The Foreign Office cites about 90 urgent court decisions pending in Berlin and 75 visas issued after rulings, while roughly 1,910 people still await visas, including more than 1,040 under the federal programme.
- Pakistani authorities detained around 250 people with German assurances in mid‑August and deported them to Afghanistan, increasing urgency as NGOs such as Kabul Luftbrücke support litigation and evacuations.