Overview
- Letters sent via the German development agency GIZ detail payments split between a smaller pre-departure sum in Pakistan and a larger post-return grant, with examples around €2,500 and €10,000 depending on family size.
- Recipients are asked to decide by November 17, and acceptance permanently removes the entire registered family from the admission process with no option to re-enter.
- Government figures indicate roughly 1,900 to 2,100 Afghans with admission assurances are still in Pakistan as the ministry acknowledges some cases will not be finished by year’s end.
- Courts continue to force selective entries, with 31 Afghan nationals arriving in Hannover on Tuesday after winning rulings that compelled visas and travel.
- Aid groups and opposition politicians denounce the offer as dangerous for people who fled Taliban rule, while the ministry frames it as a voluntary return or third-country option with logistical and medical support.