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Germany Offers Cash to Afghan Applicants to Drop Entry Claims as Pakistan Deadline Nears

The Interior Ministry confirms offers of one-time payments plus short-term assistance to select applicants in Pakistan who permanently withdraw from federal intake programs.

Overview

  • Emails sent via GIZ propose case-by-case payments, including a smaller pre-departure sum in Pakistan and a larger post-departure grant, with examples ranging from about €2,500 plus €10,000 for families to lower amounts for single adults.
  • Recipients must decide by November 17, acceptance applies to all listed family members, and withdrawal bars any future return to the German admission procedures.
  • Roughly 1,900 to about 2,100 vulnerable Afghans remain stuck in Pakistan, where authorities set a year-end cutoff for local processing after previously deporting more than 200 people from the group.
  • The ministry acknowledges it cannot guarantee completing all cases by year-end; assistance on offer includes exit permits, transport, medical care, and three months of housing, food, and psychosocial support in Afghanistan, with third-country options only in exceptional, vetted cases.
  • Courts continue to force limited entries despite the policy wind-down, with seven families totaling 31 people arriving in Hannover on Tuesday on the fourth such flight since the government change, supported in part by legal efforts from NGOs.