Overview

• Germany’s interior ministry confirmed a flight carrying 28 people arrived in Hannover, comprising five principal beneficiaries and their families after legally binding rulings compelled entry.
• All entrants are tied to the federal admission program for particularly vulnerable Afghans and completed security checks, with reception at Friedland before distribution to states under the Königsteiner Schlüssel.
• This is the second such arrival after 47 people entered in early September, following the government’s May decision to halt voluntary visa issuance under the admission schemes.
• Courts have primarily enforced commitments from the federal program, while higher courts accepted that other tracks such as the local-staff process and bridging or human-rights lists may not be legally binding.
• Security-interview teams from domestic intelligence, federal police and BKA have resumed work in Pakistan, as roughly 1,900–2,300 people with pledges still wait and about 250 have been detained and deported by Pakistani authorities; officials cite around 75 visas issued via court orders, about 90 urgent rulings on file and roughly 110 more pending.