Overview
- The Interior Ministry confirmed that Afghans with prior German admission promises are being offered payments via GIZ if they permanently withdraw from the process.
- Reported offers commonly include a one-off payment in Pakistan of around €2,500 and a post-departure ‘start-up’ payment near €10,000, plus travel and three months of support services.
- Accepting the offer requires all listed family members to exit the procedure with no possibility of future claims against the German government.
- Emails set a response deadline of November 17 and note that local casework must finish by the end of 2025, while acknowledging completion for all cases is not guaranteed.
- Roughly 1,900–2,100 people remain in limbo after more than 200 deportations from Pakistan, rights groups and opposition figures denounce the offer as unsafe, and 31 Afghans arrived in Hannover after court orders despite the program pause.