Overview
- Eleven Afghan nationals with German admission commitments departed Islamabad via Istanbul for Hannover, the fifth such flight reported since the change of government.
- Germany’s Interior Ministry says about 1,900 Afghans with entry pledges remain stuck in Pakistan awaiting travel to Germany.
- The schwarz-rote government halted special admissions in May, and some stranded applicants are now securing visas through court action and administrative decisions, with support from groups such as Kabul Luftbrücke.
- Officials recently offered several thousand euros to roughly 700 people to withdraw from the programs, a proposal many recipients denounced as insulting and contrary to their need for protection from Taliban persecution.
- About 600 affected people sent a two-page letter to Chancellor Friedrich Merz and ministries saying they cannot return to Afghanistan and urging Germany to honor its commitments, while Green politician Marcel Emmerich criticized the government’s handling.